Soil microbiology and toads

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belle_foudre

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So I am redoing a tank I had set up for my toads. I had them in a 20 gallon and I had it sectioned off (see pic) for water and land. And after about 2 weeks of them in it, it sprung a leak. I guess my silicone job was not as good as I thought. And now the dirt side is turned into a mud hole, and they love it. It has been 3 days now since the leak, and I have not once seen them in water, they just stay in the mud. So its making me rethink my set up a little. I want to do a more natural enclosure with no filters. Just lots of dirt and even more plants. I want kind of a bog like half with lots of java ferns/mosses and on the dryer side I want more stalky plants. However I have no idea about the microbiology and nitrifying bateria that lives in soil. And when I tried google I found more about fertilizers than about anything else I wanted. Anyway so what Im asking is if anyone has any info or think they could point me in the right direction that would be very helpful! Im putting this on all the forums I regularly go to, hoping if I try everything someone might know!!!

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I also had to include this pic I took at them same time, its one of my male toads B-F and he had squeezed himself behind that filter, it was kinda funny
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Your tank looks perfectly fine, I would leave it like that for the ease of cleaning, plus this guys like to swim. There is no problem in leaving the land side boggy, just make shure you put some plants in there that will use the nutrients that will inevitably acumulate. Also make shure that the leak doesant make the water side without enough level for the filter to work properly. You can skip the filter if you ad some natural aquatic plants and make periodic water changes wich you must do anyway, but you can also use a sponge filter. The land side can defenetly use a bigger show plant, there are many that like just that envoirement. Make shure you buy plants from a quemical free sorce wich excludes nurserys and supermarkets, thouse have to be put outside a long time so that they can shed thouse. A cutting from a neigboor pot its better
 
You dont need a uv ligth for frogs. Some stuff like java ferns and moss do well in room ligth
 
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