need help for setting up 75 gallon half and half tank for Pyxie frogs

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm going to bump your thread up.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF! Although I do not have a 75G running with a Pixie (mine fits fine in a 10); did design and got all the gear for one last year. Presuming you will go with a mix of water and dry (mine was 2/3 water and 1/3 dry) you will need to estimate the actual volume of water and get a heater for that volume. Do ensure the heater can't be reached by frog to avoid possible burns. Can set the water heater around 79-80F; personally love the Ehiem's and have them in all my fish tanks. Water will give heat off to air above so that will help out.

For the dry area; my favorite is a ceramic heat emitter connected to a controller. Just make sure the controller can handle the emitter's wattage. Another option is to use emitter with a dimmer dome like the Fluker's. Once you get the water section heat under control and the humidity set in; then is the time to start experimenting with the emitter wattage. Since the room temperature will affect the final emitter requirement, it will take a little bit of trial and error. I'm pretty sure you will need at least a 150W rating. Do talk to shop you buy it from and check you can bring back and trade for different watt model until you get it dialed in.

Another option would be to use heat tape (more efficient than heat pads) connected to a controller. Although a 75G has a pretty thick glass; splashing water on hot glass is not what I think of good idea, so would locate the tape on the dry side. Obviously you can combine heat tape and heat emitter lamp too. Good luck !