New Ornate Pacman Frog owner: my concerns/ questions

[danfrog]

3. You can raise the humidity from what Lija said earlier.
4. That is a good day time temp, night time should read 77-78.
5. Purified water is no good. You need to get some water dechlorinator. Its real cheap.
6. Like I said he needs enough so he can completely bury himself.
7. Would add some fake plants.
9. Need to calcium dust twice a week. Go buy some vitamin dust also. They need vitamin dust once a week with atleast a day inbetween calcium and vitamin days.
10. Make sure that the frog has some sort of regular white light for a day cycle. They need twelve on twelve off. I would get rid of the moon bulb keep the red one and use a regular low watt energy saving bulb for day.
Those should maintain decent temps also. Might need to get a dimmer for the day bulb so you can fine tune the exact temp.

[agdevils30]

so are you saying to not use the red one for the day and use a white light low watt bulb for day and the red one for night?

[NialR35]

Yes, the infrared one should be used for night time since frogs cannot see it and will not disturb their night/day cycle yet will help you sustain temps around 78F during the night.

For the day time it is okay to use a 50W bulb, with a concentrated/tight beam so you can provide your frog a day cycle and temps of 82-83F.

[agdevils30]

okay, thanks!

[agdevils30]

so I went out and bought a day white light (50watt) bulb and it only keeps my tank around 80 now that I got a properly working thermometer so ive been keeping the red nightlight on as well with it to keep the temperature at 82 degrees. is this okay?

[NialR35]

What kind of bulb is that? You need an incandescent bulb like the zoo med repti basking spot lamp not higher than 50w. A regular white house fluorescent will not really provide heat just light.

Also I strongly recommend a lamp with a dimmer so you can adjust the amount of heat coming from the bulb. It does wonders for me...you can find one at petsmart for really cheap. I use two of these lamps, one with the bulb I mentioned above and the other one with an infrared zoo med bulb for night time heat because I like to sleep with my A/C blasting cold.

[agdevils30]

It is indeed an incandescent bulb (50watt) and yes ill consider getting a dimmer, but for now temperatures are looking perfect. Soil temp is 78.5 degrees, air temperature is about 84 degrees, and humidity is at 68%. hoping the red nightlight bulb (40watt) produces enough heat at night though.