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I have 3 fire bellied toads in a 29 gallon, with the water 6 inches deep. In the water their is also baby sunfish, baby catfish, baby bass, baby pickeral, and other fish. I have 2 baby RES, can i house them with the fire bellied toads.

bad idea
fire bellies are notorius for causing illness in other animals due to toxic skin secretions from the toads.
also even small toads will try to eat anything they can fit in their mouths and sometimes things that don't...with resulting death of one or both of the toad and its potential meal...

i'd keep the fire bellies far away from any other animal.
i'm sure the frog and toad folks will tell you the same.

Does that include fish?

Do you mean fish with the turtles. Well they might be alright but they might end up chewed up and eaten.

As far as fish with the fire belllies. You would have to do a super vivarium set up and use fish in it that would not attempt to eat the toads. It is costly -- if you want to do it right but it can happen.

Turtles and firebellies are not a good mix. As was mentioned the toads are TOXIC. All those colors moving around would be of great interest to turtle and a few chunks taken out of the poor frog would spell disaster for it and the turtle who would probably get poisoned.

Well, the bass are only 3 inches long, and the pickeral is 4 inches, but once they get big enough I either put them in my garden pond, or free them. Also the fish have enough room to swim. Eventually i want to fill up 2/3 or 3/4 of the tank with water. I use river stones (smooth rocks) for the bottom because it is eisier to clean, and some larger rocks for cover. Then put floating plants on top such as duck weed, water cabbage, and water hyacinths. I also want to put a submerged bramch in their and let algae grow on it. I will also use those suction platforms used for turtles for the fire bellies.