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#2062306
Bellle_foudre
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Soil microbiology and toads 
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 puting this on all the forums I regularly go to, hoping if I try everything someone might know!!!
Had to include that last pic, it of one of my male toads and he had squeezed behind a filter, it was kinda funny
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Sh0e
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Message To: Bellle_foudre In reference to Message Id: 2062306
Soil microbiology and toads
The nitrogen cycle will take a month or so in the soil and water. Put down a drainage level of large rocks, then gravel, then your soil. That way the excess water can drain to the bottom. You can either siphon that excess out occasionally, or set a pump up to suck it out. You can also put a water resevoir beneath the soil with pvc propping up some egg crate. However with that method it’s best you put in a pump for water movement. It’s a small tank though. I wouldn’t think it’s necessary...
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