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    JHansson514
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    Don't worry about the questions. It's better to ask too many then not enough. I have that tank and I use a 100W ZooMed bulb for the day and a 75W ZooMed bulb for the night (at least in the winter, I use a little lower wattage in the summer). I also have a ZooMed heat pad on the underside of my tank, but I don't see a huge difference temperature wise and with the frogs being tree frogs, it's probably not necessary. I haven't heard of heat lights damaging the eyes of frogs, although I have read that some fluorescent or UVB bulbs can (it's up for debate). I do have a Repti Glo 2.0 (for plants) and 5.0 light on the tank. However, I do not use them very often.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JHansson514 View Post
    a 75W ZooMed bulb for the night (at least in the winter, I use a little lower wattage in the summer)
    You use a bulb for night time? Doesn't that mess with their day/night cycle? I was under the impression that it had to be as dark as possible or with a blue/red light after the 30-60 day settle-in period.

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    My room temps are usually 70 or higher since the heating system in my apartment sucks.
    I use standard 24 watt compact florescent 6500K color temp bulbs and they add sufficient heat to get tank temps right.

    Sometimes its trial and error to get these things right. Tank depth, room temps, how much heat is lost through vented areas all play a part on what bulbs will give you the correct day and night temps in your enclosure. Even raising and lowering the light fixture has a big change on tank temps.

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    Yes, I do use a bulb at night and I have since the day I got them. It is a white bulb for the day and a red one at night. I use a night bulb because the tank would get much too cold without one, especially during the winter. In the summer I do not use one. The light amount between day and night is enough that they still experience the cycle. At night, their light is the only one on in the room so it is still pretty dark. As I'm sure you can tell, the lights are a little different for everyone. From what Don said, you can see his wattage is much lower than mine. Part of that could be because my house is kept around 65*F. If you can test out your bulbs for a few days to see how your tank handles temperature/humidity before you get the frogs, that's best.

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    Whites like a basking spot i have found. My WTFs always seem to pile up to get that spot just under the red night light. I only use a 15 watt bulb and temps are usually around 70 degrees at night mid tank and 72 near the top. My room varies during the night and is as low as 68 and then rockets to 75 to 78 as out apartment maintenance dept somehow has the heating system on a timer and no mater how low we set the thermostat it goes on.

    As Jen states, room temp has a lot to do with what bulb you will need. You will also have to take into consideration how much your top is vented since that is going to be where you have the most heat loss.
    that said, you don't want to close your tank right up since tree frogs should have good ventilation.
    Zoo Med actually has a new stick on fan for about 27 bucks now.

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