A few things about tomato frogs?

[Ry]

Hi everyone I'm new to the forum and I recently got a few tomato frogs and had a few things I just wanted to check up on. The first thing is that I've had them for about a week now and they have been relatively active at night up until last night. One stayed buried completely under the substrate all day and is still there now while the other is in his little burrow but still has his head poked out and I wasnt sure if I should be worried if they stay under for long periods of time. The second is nobody ever gave me a good idea on if I should powder the crickets or not, I have some calcium with vitamin D added that I dont know if I should use or not and side note to vitamin D I am using a small flourescent bulb over their tank good or bad? (I just needed a small bulb to light the tank but wouldnt heat the tank at all) Thanks everyone! Hopefully my questions arent too noobish for anyone here!

[GrifTheGreat]

Lights are not necessary. These are nocturnal and occationall diurnal. The calcium powder should be offered every other feeding to every two feedings.

The burrowing is not a problem. The humidity could be lower than they like so they will burrow into the moist soil to maintain moisture and thermoregulate their body temp.

[Mentat]

For Tomato frogs you want humidity around 80% and temps between 70-80F. That can drop to 65-75F at night. If babies they like it colder so I would not go over 75F with them. Like Pacman's they are nocturnal and also wait for prey to walk by.

As Colleen/Jerrod stated, you need to supplement their food. Gut load crickets with veggies and Repashy's Bug Burger. Get night crawlers at Walmart (can cut from pointy end if frogs are small) and dust with CA 2x and vitamins 1X weekly on different days with skip day in between (Repashy and RepCal are good supplements).

You can use a small fluorescent to observe them as long as it does not heat the tank up; these frogs really like it on the colder side. Have read that low watt UVB compact fluorescents help their red coloring, but have no proof of that. Good luck !