Can Fire-belly toads be housed with fish?
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my friend had a few of them in a 20 with a built in water section. he went out and bought a female betta and some guppies and within 2 days the fish where dead. whether or not it was frog toxins is up to you to decide...
Years ago I kept 3 Firebelly Toads in a 30 gal. About 2/3 of the tank was elevated with gravel for the toads. I cut a piece of plexi-glass to use as a retaining wall for the gravel so that the other 1/3 could be filled with water to house some fancy guppies. I fed the toads crickets and mealworms and they never messed with the fish at all. They shared this habitat successfully and healthily for years because I kept the tank clean. I never developed any kind of rash from the toads and they were handled very often. As long as you don't put the toads in with large fish that could eat/injure them, you should not have any issues. The toads aren't going to poison anything unless it gets eaten by something.
In the long run it would be easier to keep them separately because of cleaning/maintenance on the tank. But as long as you keep a clean tank, have proper filtration and choose your fish wisely you should not have issues.
In the long run it would be easier to keep them separately because of cleaning/maintenance on the tank. But as long as you keep a clean tank, have proper filtration and choose your fish wisely you should not have issues.
and by choosing fish wisely I mean small peaceful/community fish. example- cardinal tetra, mollies, neons etc.
Ummmhmmm. None of which are good options if you wish to keep either at optimal temperatures. The toads toxin's diffuse out from their permeable skin, when you did the water changes, you merely reduced the concentration of toxins per unit square of water.
wow lots of info thanks. firebellies are small and look cool but i want to be able to handle them. maybe i will get a bullfrog but they get huge. first i want an iguana and no i wont be housing them together. i could see them fighting. maybe ill try getting just one and see how i like it.
oh yeah and my tank vid will hopefully be up soon. all my fish seem to be rid of ich but my pike cichlid is quarantined and he is not doing well. 
figures one of my favorite fish. the other is my 5" channel cat
figures one of my favorite fish. the other is my 5" channel catAlright Jake. If you're thinking about amphibians, none of them are suitable for handling. Secondly, I still don't like how you are describing things as I could see them fighting; you've got to know, empirically, how things work in this field of pet keeping, based on evidence from the others, which you derive from reading. Back to topic, I would suggest you obtain a reptile if you want to handle or better still, some sort of mammal.
