Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
86° is pretty high, but not terrible. 85° should be the highest you ever want your tank go. We use our AC too. As long as your tanks aren't near the vents no harm will come to your frogs. Does your lamp have a dimmer switch on the one that reaches 86°? If not then that is something you need so you can warm the tank with the light dialed low.

I don't have any links, but I use Exo-Terra Sun Glo with concentrated beam. This allows me to warm the ambient air without have the bulb dialed up all the way. A Fluker's 5.5" clamp lamp with dimmer works well or did you say in another post that you had one? Problem is more than likely that its the 100 watt bulb that is causing the temp to get that high. I also use Exo-Terra Heat Glo bulbs for night Time. Heat Glo is an infrared bulb. These are both incandescent heat bulbs and work very well.

the Repti-Glo bulb you're using is a UVB bulb, but its a full spectrum light bulb to stimulate plant growth as well. They are nit necessary for frogs, but shouldn't cause much harm if raised far above the frog and it can hide from it.

The tank you have is a good tank for holding heat and humidity. I have 3 with those dimensions I use for my Males. You can buy these little cooling fan setups that can be hooked up to a timer or a climate control unit that can drawl heat from the enclosure or cool it by blowing air in.

I did not mean to confuse but the tank at 86 degrees is for my pixie frog. The tank I have my pacman in never goes above 83 degrees.
I do have a dimmer and an incandescent bulb. I just cannot tell if the dimmer switch works. I do not see any change in light when I dim It down or up. Ill try the dimmer and see if there is any change in temp.
because we have the AC on today the temp right now in my pixies tank is 82 degrees. I dont have him near a vent or a window, but I do have a fan in my room (standing fan, not ceiling). The only reason I want to get a plant light is because I want some interesting plants to raise the humidity. unfortunately not all cool plants have low light abilities. I had a sundew but it doesnt produce much humidity so I will switch back to pothos, fern and bamboo for now. they are easy to care for and are expendable plants for low light conditions.