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    The humidity level moves up and down alot. Is there a way to keep it around the same? It was at about 60 at about 3:00pm then I misted it and by about 3:30pm it had gone up to 85 is there a way to keep it 75 in the day and about 65 at night. Any tips would help

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odica View Post
    The humidity level moves up and down alot. Is there a way to keep it around the same? It was at about 60 at about 3:00pm then I misted it and by about 3:30pm it had gone up to 85 is there a way to keep it 75 in the day and about 65 at night. Any tips would help
    Hi Odica,
    That shift in humidity should be of no concern as the humidity will always go up after misting.
    Check out what the humidity level is PRIOR to your planned mist.
    If it is too low mist more often, rather than douse the enclosure to catch up.
    Maintaining consistent habits with your misting schedule will pay off in helping to maintain a proper humidity.
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    Thanks alot. These are my first frogs. And I'm just trying to keep the levels where I was told they should be but that's proving harder than I thought it would be I mist them now only if the humidity drops below 70 and I am not sure if they like it but I have had them for about 5 days they always eat if I put crickets in and when I got them they were brown but they are looking greener with each day.

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    One thing you should notice with humidity is that your lighting will burn off humidity and when the lights go out at night it should shoot up which is perfectly fine.
    If your trying to keep the humidity from rising up at night, adding a red or moon type lighting should drop it back down some but may also change your frogs activity level.

    As Lynn states, your humidity will change immediately after misting and you should pay attention to the level before misting to determine when misting is needed.
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    I agree with your comments Don and Lynn. I have a waterfall and I use a UVB during the day and a moon bulb at night. I found before I had the moon bulb that I would get a higher reading at night but since adding the moon bulb the tank is consistantly in the 67-74% zone. I do have to say that I am scared to rebuild my tank cause I do not think I can build it to maintain the temps again as well as it does now.

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