PALUDARIUM

Hey everyone, i have a 67 gallon paludarium (36Hx24Lx18D) and i have fire bellly toads and a couple of danios. I was wondering what else i can put in there.


Like there are snakes

-garter snake
-corn snake
-amazon tree boa

Anyways y'all get the point

If u would have recommendations for other animals it would be highly appreciated

Snakes would probably turn those amphibians into prey if they got hungry or bored. Just a thought.

I can't help you with what species you should add to your palladium. But, I want to welcome you to Fauna. Hopefully, you will enjoy the forum.

Originally Posted by Croghans Reptiles

Snakes would probably turn those amphibians into prey if they got hungry or bored. Just a thought.

Exactly!!

If it were me, I'd be going for a semi aquatic tank so I could add fish. Then I'd fill it out with some exotic plants, and maybe if I felt like it I'd add some salamanders. A tiger sal could be cool

Thanks for the answers but there's nothing else that can live in there?

I suspect that your cohabitation plan with a number of animals with divergent husbandry requirements will not end well for you. Or them.

Even if they live in different niches?

You might want to take a look at some geckos- something too big for the toads to eat, but too small to eat the toads. House geckos, perhaps.

Originally Posted by vasss

Even if they live in different niches?

I think you will find it difficult to maintain separate and distinctly defined niches in such a small area. How would you control something like humidity into separate sharply defined areas? You can spot control temperatures with under-tank heating, but how about air temperature?

I hope you don't intend to feed all those animals together in that one cage. Triggering a feed response with multiple different types of animals all together in a confined space may turn ugly on you.

Just my opinion, but although what you likely have in your mind probably seems like a really cool idea, in practice I think you are setting yourself up for headaches and disappointments.

Perhaps trying to find animals that at least have similar environmental constraints might have a better chance of being successful for you. But you are still going to run into the problem that herps don't tend to be communal animals in normal and continuous circumstances. They are not exactly "sharing" kinds of animals. And snake CAN eat another snake, and sometimes will. Lord knows I have enough instances of baby corn snakes eating each other over the years. No it is not common, but it DOES happen.

I do hate to be throwing a rainstorm on your parade, though. But I think you really need to give this more thought.

It is not very expensive to find a really nice snake cage second hand, or to build your own. Or save a little and buy a beautiful new one.
I think it isn't really that you necessarily want to put more stuff in your paludarium (I bet it is beautiful), it may be you are taking another step toward being a bona fide reptile enthusiast.