New pacman, new member

[Lija]

Nice pacman . Be sure to get a good hygrometer to monitor his humidity, and a good thermometer.

or just get hydrotherm + a fogger and forget forever about measuring humidity and temps Grif is right, a few fake plants and covering 3 sides will do a lot, you can cover for now with anything and later do it all pretty


beautiful frog you got here, congratulations! and welcome to the forum!

[ornate510]

Nice pacman and welcome!

[ZachP]

Its inside of a cabinet in a far corner of my room so the sides are pretty much covered up. But i was wondering could i put like cork or tree bark background without it bugging the frog in anyway? Maybe on the sides too. And the substrate is just under 3'" deep and the frog is still a baby so he has more then enough to cover himself. I do have a hygrometer and thermometer, you can barely see it in the pic but its kind of blocked by the trim on the tank. I was wondering if its a reliable brand or type of hygrometer though just because i've never used it. Its just the zoo med one with both hygrometer and thermometer built in one. I'm going for a really cool natural look here so i was wondering if there are any good live plants i could get? I heard they will just uproot them but maybe if i made the substrate a little deeper i could put plants in little pots with plenty of substrate on top so it wont bother the frog. Any thoughts?

[ZachP]

Oh ya, and I will be getting some fake plants for now. Unfortunately the pet store is closed today

[DVirginiana]

I'd say don't bother with putting live plants in unless you have experience doing planted terrariums. They make things harder to clean and with a pac you have to do a lot of extra maintenance to deal with their tendency to burrow and uproot them. I saw a list of frog-safe plants somewhere before if you still want to do it... Might have been on this forum. I'll see if I can find it.

Being closed in doesn't bother these frogs. In fact, babies especially feel safer when their space is kind of small. As long as one side of the tank is uncovered, that's fine.

[GrifTheGreat]

You need to move your gauges. They need to be dead center of the back wall, but down 1" to 1.5" above the substrate. Gauges must always be where the frog lives. So you get an accurate reading.

[ZachP]

Ok so I'll probably just pass on the live plants then, sounds like more trouble then its worth. After i get paid i want to get a fogger with hygrotherm controller.

You need to move your gauges. They need to be dead center of the back wall, but down 1" to 1.5" above the substrate. Gauges must always be where the frog lives. So you get an accurate reading.

Ok thank you for the information, ill do that right now. See this is the reason i joined a forum, its little things like this that i easily miss when skimming through the internet for info.

[Lija]

Its inside of a cabinet in a far corner of my room so the sides are pretty much covered up. But i was wondering could i put like cork or tree bark background without it bugging the frog in anyway? Maybe on the sides too. And the substrate is just under 3'" deep and the frog is still a baby so he has more then enough to cover himself. I do have a hygrometer and thermometer, you can barely see it in the pic but its kind of blocked by the trim on the tank. I was wondering if its a reliable brand or type of hygrometer though just because i've never used it. Its just the zoo med one with both hygrometer and thermometer built in one. I'm going for a really cool natural look here so i was wondering if there are any good live plants i could get? I heard they will just uproot them but maybe if i made the substrate a little deeper i could put plants in little pots with plenty of substrate on top so it wont bother the frog. Any thoughts?

as DV said don't bother with live plants, even if they don't uproot them they produce too much waste for any live plant to survive, you can hang live plants though say in magnitural pots

as far as thermometers/hydrometers go, i found fluckers combo is better then the rest, but now when i have everything on hydrotherms it seems that fluckers combo is off too, less then other gauges, but still off. I'm true believer in hydrotherm now

cork bark is good, just make sure it doesn't mold.

[ZachP]

Oh ya and I think ill get cork bark for the back and sides tomorrow. I'll just have to check it often to make sure its not molding. Any other info or tips? Btw thank you everyone for being so helpful! I appreciate it