New and need some advice for my Pacman

[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