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    Default Please help with Humidity for RETF

    I am new to Frog Forum. I just got 2 RETF's about 2 weeks ago and I was wondering what the humidity should be at. I have did a lot of researh online and some websites say it must be 80% to 100% and some say it should be 50% to 70% and to much high humidity is bad for them. Please help.

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    Default Re: Please help with Humidity for RETF

    I would also like to know the answer to this question. I've had RETF's for a couple weeks now and I've kept the humidity between 80-90.

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    I keep mine between 50 and 70 percent. Initial misting always gets my gauges to read 100 percent since the gauge gets wet but soon after I am looking at about 70 percent. It usually drops to 50 percent by the time I'm misting again. (this is with lighting ON)

    Once the lights go off the humidity usually rises to about 70 to 80 percent.

    100 percent is way too much.
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    Default Re: Please help with Humidity for RETF

    Quote Originally Posted by DonLisk View Post
    I keep mine between 50 and 70 percent. Initial misting always gets my gauges to read 100 percent since the gauge gets wet but soon after I am looking at about 70 percent. It usually drops to 50 percent by the time I'm misting again. (this is with lighting ON)

    Once the lights go off the humidity usually rises to about 70 to 80 percent.

    100 percent is way too much.
    I agree with Don.
    Above, a sustained, 80% humidity is not necessary.
    Evaluate the enclosure's ventilation as well.
    A little fan action - somewhere near-by......... may be needed as well?
    But not so much that it effects the tank's temp.

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    welcome

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    Thank you so much for your help I feel better now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Debbie Red-Eyed Leaf Frog View Post
    Thank you so much for your help I feel better now.

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    Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
    Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
    Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
    Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"

    Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
    Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
    Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"

    Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
    Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
    Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
    Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
    Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
    Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
    Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
    Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
    Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
    Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"

    Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)

    Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
    Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
    Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
    Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
    Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
    Oophaga histrionica "Tado"

    Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
    Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
    Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
    Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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