Switching to water!

[Jcal]

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Excuse my commentary. So far she seems to like it. She hangs under the filter alot. There are just a few tweaks i need to make. I have to get creative with the filter to get the noise down.that water drives me crazy.

[MonsterPyxie]

maybe the water from the pump/waterfall is the warmest? might wanna get a water heater, just get a low wattage one so she doesn't sit on it and burn herself.

[Raya]

If you go all water, can you just use a waterheater and skip heatlamp/pad?

[MonsterPyxie]

yes you could, but in my experience, waterheaters are pretty intense. If you take them out of water for about 20 seconds, they will burn themselves up, they get SO hot.

So I would find a way to keep the frog away from the heater, such as stack bricks around it or something.

[Raya]

But if you can keep the waterheater hidden for the frog so it can't get to it, then the temperature of the water would keep the air warm enough too?
Or do you have to have seperate heatingsorce for the water and the air in the tank?

[Jimifrog]

I have separate heating sources. I keep the water heater for the nighttime, when the lights are off. My water stays about 77-80 degrees. The lamp gives them a nice place to soak up the heat. Without a water heater, the water is going to get room temperature and that may be too cold for your frog. I have had heaters in my tanks for awhile, about 6 months now for my Budgett's frogs. I haven't had any problems.

[Jcal]

I am going to hide mine in a peice of pvc. I plan to mod a bigger tank. Going to cut two holes on different sides and add a canister filter with a build in heater.