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.
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Can 2 baby RES can be housed with fire bellied toads?
alebron
Sep 26, 2003 08:48 AM
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amazinglyricist
Sep 26, 2003 10:38 AM
No, it would be impossible to have any potential food species house with red eared sliders. Aside from teh toxins that Firebellied Taods havae that when a Red Eared Slider would eat them would die from, the Red Eared Slider would kill the Firedbellied Toads. Trust me, I have tried having other things living with Red Eared Sliders, they were even hatchlings and ate everything. You would have no fish left in your tank after about 4 months when they get up to 4" long, since Red Eared Sliders grow like weeds.
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Colchicine
Sep 26, 2003 02:04 PM
The fish need their own tank, the frogs need their own tank, and you might as well go ahead and buy a 75 gallon tank now for the turtles. For the sake of the animals involved, do not even consider putting all of those together.
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snakeguy88
Sep 27, 2003 08:10 PM
Bass, pickeral, and sunfish do not stay small for long either. To keep all of those together you would have to easily have a HUGE tank...If they don't eat each other first. Andy
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alebron
Sep 27, 2003 09:26 PM
I know the fish will grow quickly, I had these pets before, when they get too big I'll put them in my garden pond, eventuallly for the winter I'm going to set up a big pond ecosystem in a 75-100 gallon. Also the biggest fish is only 3 inches. The longest is 4 inches. As for the fire bellies, I'm going to add some floating aquatic plants, but I been keeping them for years. I never had a problem with a water aquarium.
ginevive
Sep 27, 2003 01:45 PM
No! That is not a good setup for the firebellies; they really don't need that much water. A shallow soaking bowl is more appropriate. The fish alone need something like a 75-gallon-plus tank in my opinion. Are you planning on getting a large tank? The firebellies should be moved to their own tank, and adding turtles? I would think they would eat everything that'd fit into their mouths, and then suffer from being toxicized by the firebellies.
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