Hello everyone : Again

After almost a month of setup of my vivarium. ( well the water portion of it.)
Getting the water fall and filter sorted, and river rocks, some live plants.
and some Dalmatian mollies to start the water cycling. I also added as many
ramshorn snails as I could from my 46G bow front aquarium.

I found this beautiful whites tree frog at the pet pad in raleigh NC.
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I almost missed it.
When I called them to make sure they has some in stock
they said that they had one left.
So I went to check it out.
When I arrived they were really busy. (glad to see)
So I knew where the they kept the frogs so I looked in the
terrarium and saw a really brown skinny frog sitting at the edge of the
water bowl sleeping.
I waited patiently and one of the staff came by and asked if I needed help.
I said I would like to check out the little one that is sitting in the water bowl.
I put on my exam gloves and carefully picked up the little one.

The little sole was really sleeping good, I felt kinda bad about waking it up but
I wanted to make sure it was ok.
I noted the temp and humidity in the enclosure 78F and 80%RH Good.
The little one perked up and grunted a bit to protest being woken.
I noted that it was really thin and asked how long have they had it and who has been
feeding it and what.
The owner was the care taker and she said that they received them two weeks ago.
and they put 10 to 15 crickets (with the hind legs removed) in the dish each night and most mornings the dish is empty.
So I didn't see any other frogs in the enclosure.
I put the little one back in its bowl and said I will have to think about it.
I really hated to leave the poor thing there but with my travel schedule I really
couldn't take care of a sick frog. Plus this is my first tree frog.
So I noticed that they had a tank full of dwarf african frogs and asked to get 6 froglets.
They are really small. About 1/2 inch S-V.
While they were getting the DAF in a bag then the owner said that I didn't see all the
tree frogs.
Some were hiding. She lifted up a terra-cotta pot and a bright green whites tree frog was snoozing.
I put on another pair of gloves and picked it up and it tucked its self into the palm of my hand.
I think it was a little cold so it was enjoying the heat from my hand. It opened up its eyes and
turned it head to look up at me as to say "Ok I am yours." That was it.

When I got it home it was dark green and a bit scared.
I put it in the enclosure and it explored the enclosure and wanted to find a place to hide.
Dummy me I forgot to put in the hide. A half round log on top of the water fall.
As soon as I put it down the little one went right in.
After an hour or so I got a cricket with a pair of tongs and placed it in front of the hide.
in less than 5 seconds of closing the door the cricket was consumed.
So I put another one up and continued the process 5 more times.
on the 6th that was it.
I was really glad to see it had a good appetite.
So I am going to let it have some private time.

I haven't decided on a name yet.

Ok here is the setup.
zoomed repti fogger
zoomed HT-10 hygro therm
Exo terra light cycle with two 20W exo terra repti glow 5.0uvb 30%uva bulbs
night glow heat bulb 75w
DIY red LED light for night observation. that is dim-able.
I have the set points at
78F 70%rh for daytime
73F 70%rh for nighttime

I have noticed that the fogger never come on that the humidity never falls below 70%
it stays at 77-82% the only time it does come on is when I have the doors open for too long.
then it fills the bottom with a fog and shuts off.

Since the entire bottom is water kept at 76F I think I might not have a problem
keeping the humidity up but keeping below 85 might be a problem this summer
when the AC dehumidifies the house.
Since I keep aquariums they keep the humidity higher in the house. never below 50%
I might have to remove the front vent cover to increase airflow in the enclosure.

I will post pictures once it starts feeling safe and starts exploring again

CAIO!