Frogs and fish

I don't believe so, but they are in the basement, so I probably wont hear them if they do

Good luck with that. Years ago I took a bunch of kids out at night to catch some little teeny Spring peepers. I even let them all take a few home for a couple days. Within an hour of bedtime I'd gotten a call from every parent to come get these noise machines outa here. Having three kids of the bunch we had nine of the peepers. I not only put them in the basement but wrapped the container in three sleeping bags and still could hear them like they were right next to me. Dumped them in my outside 150 gallon pond. They were so noisey I finally had to go and recatch everyone of them go and collect all the other families frogs and take em back where they belonged.

Nice setup! In my experience newts don't care for fish tankmates, but if yours seem to be getting along with the fatheads, I suggest bluefin killifish and swamp darters as possible tankmates. They are quite peaceful, stay small, and can be gotten cheaply from feeder shrimp tanks. They will usually take finely crushed flake and frozen bloodworms right away.

keepnatives: there is a very good reason why I specifically did not get peepers, and you mentioned it but for now, I believe my frogs are too small to make enough noise. I know that adult gray treefrogs can be pretty loud, but they have a while

Nice setup! In my experience newts don't care for fish tankmates, but if yours seem to be getting along with the fatheads,

My newt is way too lazy to try to catch fish. It's learned that if it just waits long enough, food will appear right in front of it. I don't think it's ever caught a fish on its own. But I'll keep my eyes open for a bluefin killi. I've never seen one in person, but the males look beautiful

Edited by sumthinsfishy6, 21 October 2009 - 03:35 PM.

They don't show much color in the tanks, but if you see a small "minnow" with squared-off tail and two dark lateral stripes in the shrimp tank, that's almost certainly what it is. Watch out for Seminole killies, though; they also are often in shrimp tanks but have a leaner body and (often faint) vertical dark bars. They get pretty big and rambunctious, and aren't suitable for a newt tank.

Watch out for Seminole killies, though; they also are often in shrimp tanks but have a leaner body and (often faint) vertical dark bars. They get pretty big and rambunctious, and aren't suitable for a newt tank.

Well if that happens, I do have a pickerel close...

Assuming your basement has fairly dry air, have you seen any indications that the treefrogs are not comfortable in that type of environment? I can't see a treefrog doing well in an open-air container indoors (at least in the dry air my place exhibits). If that is the case, one thing you might consider to increase humidity (even if only on the micro scale) is replace the plastic plants with some live philodendron vines or pothos.