Humidity and tank cleaning questions

[GrifTheGreat]

Guess there are a few way's to keep humidity up; this has worked well for me and my Pacman. I currently keep mine in an Exo-terra 12x12x12 enclosure with plastic wrap covering 1/2 the top opening and a fixture with warming 25 watt bulb and added dimmer on other half.

My set-up includes a false bottom of ZooMed hydroballs balls (around 2 balls deep) with a piece of plastic aquarium tank divider material (had laying around) on top to separate from shredded coco husk (EcoEarth, Plantation Soil, etc.). Plastic screening, etc. can be used for same purpose as well. Also, made hole on plastic divider and inserted a 1 in. diameter plastic tube (from undergravel filter lift tube) to provide access to water table in clay substrate (hidden by plant).

Have conditioned water in hydroball section to cover 1st ball layer. Access tube allows me to add water to that section without disturbing the soil layer or set-up. If ever there is too much water there or to rinse and clean; can also siphon water out through that tube by inserting a long flexible 1/2 in. tube into access tube.

Humidity is pretty steady through day and night (around 80%) and only need to add a bit of conditioned water to hydroball layer once a week. Hope this helps you and good luck!

Hmm. Most people frown on the idea of standing water that can become stagnant within their frogs enclosure, but they way you have yours setup completely seperates the water from the upper layer of substrate for which the frog lives in. I really like this idea because it allows the soil to stay moist and produce humidity without being water logged. Is the plant hiding the tube a live one or fake one? If it were live it would absorb water that sinks into the hydroballs, but as you said there is a layer of clay which is dificult for plants to drive roots through. Impressive idea.