New and need some advice for my Pacman

[Lija]

yeah better pics, beautiful baby! congrats! and hey welcome to the forum by the way!

Pacman frogs don't need UVB, in a wild they live on the bottom of rainforest and are buried in ground for majority of the day, getting out ( not always) only during dark to eat. or just sit there waiting for food to come to them. They are one of those species that is adapted to metabolize without day light ( UVB), therefore they don't need UVB, but will tolerate low percentage of UVB. sometimes UVB is used in combination of other therapy to treat BMD.
Albino however is different story, it doesn't have pigment in it's skin and eyes. Imagine very pale skinned person to go outside in a bright sun without sunscreen...... imagining right? and now imagine that person is albino... ouch... and very fast... same with albino frogs, they won't be affected very fast as they would seek hide, but eventually it will affect it's skin and eyes. so take UVB out.

29g enclosure is huge, way way too big for a baby, it is actually is kinda too big for adult too, unless it is a a very very big female. They get stressed out very easily in big enclosure = not eating = big problems. you wanna get medium critter keeper for now and upgrade it for something bigger when it'll grow, or may be even place him in your current one. but that's later. you also need to cover 3 sides of it with something, static cling fish tank background would work, but basically anything.

substrate- that is a good stuff you'r using, but.... no live plants will survive with the amount of waste these guys are producing, go with simple and change substrate every month, spot clean as you see and water changes every day.

[DaddyJ]

Okay, I figured the tank was a little big but used it since I had it already. I was considering dividing it in half and getting another pacman frog. By dividing I do of course mean physically so the frogs would stay seperate. The petco I bought hoppity at has one that is green and about twice hoppities size that I am hoping to get since it looks so lonely surrounded by snake tanks. (And I wonder why my wife laughs at me when I get new critters.) For tank lighting would a regular light bulb be good, low wattage of course. We werent taking him out to feed at first, just dropping the crickets in and letting nature take its course. I took him out that first time since my son couldnt reach into the tank even with tongs.

[GrifTheGreat]

Okay, I figured the tank was a little big but used it since I had it already. I was considering dividing it in half a getting another pacman frog. By dividing I do of course mean physically so the frogs would stay seperate. The petco I bought hoppity at has one that is green and about twice hoppities size that I am hoping to get since it looks so lonely surrounded by snake tanks. (And I wonder why my wife laughs at me when I get new critters.) For tank lighting would a regular light bulb be good, low wattage of course. We werent taking him out to feed at first, just dropping the crickets in and letting nature take its course.

Absolutely no bright lights. They can damage their eyes. A heat lamp with a dimmer switch is preferable. Like a Fluker's 5.5" or 8.5" clamp lamp with dimmer. These heat lamps let you accurately adjust the amount of light and heat coming from the bulbs. No bulbs over 50 watts either for safety reasons.
Use the Infrared bulbs like Exo Terra HeatGlo. They work very well and last quite a while.

Contrary to what Carlos mentioned about the temps you do not want to stray far from 78° at all times. 80° to 82° during the day and 78° at night. 85° Is a little to high for babies. Once they reach adulthood they can handle a little more fluctuation in their climate, but not very much. 10° drop can be very stressful to them. Only a 5° drop is necessary even 6°. You want to try and go no lower than 75° or 76° with adults.

Humidity needs to be lower. 70% to 80% is ideal. An occational peak at 90% is ok, but not for extended periods.

[DaddyJ]

yeah the 90 percent humidity was a spike on day two, it seems stable at around 75-80 percent so far. I add a little more water to the substrate as it dries out but it is never 'mud' like in consistency. I try to keep it as you described - able to clump in the hand but not dripping wet. As far as lighting I should just replace the uvb with another heat source bulb (red or black) and use room lighting to illuminate during the day? also if I divide the tank in half for a second pacman, would the remaining 15 gallons be right for the little one? And for a non albino pacman would the same lighting arrangement work?

[DaddyJ]

completely off topic but seeing your avatar Lija made me realize that the Hypnotoad from Futurama must be a pacman!

[Lija]

lol

no 15 gal is still way too big, for a baby i wouldn't do with anything bigger then 8x8 or 10x10 or 12x12 but would put more stuff in it.

if you are putting a divider make sure it is not see through and frogs can;t see each other as well it has to be water proof so nothing, absolutely nothing would be leaking from one side to another. same light would do for albino and non albino