Hello, I am been searching all over the internet to try and find this answer and really with no luck so I would like to bounce this off of you guys.
I will be getting in some Leptopelis Uluguruensis in next week. The home is a 18x18x36 exo (50gallon equivalant. I would like to use lighting versus heat pad for this home. My reason is I use a heat pad for my pacmans and I think the lighting would be better for the tree frogs because the home is much bigger. Not sure if this is entirely correct it is just the way I was thinking of going. Anyway, I was thinking a 5.5 lamp but I wasn't sure if I should go with a 8.5 diameter lamp. I definitely want the flukers one with the dimmer attached.
I have two reptile rooms and the room I believe I will be placing these frogs in is usually at 72 degrees. If it does happen to dip, mostly in the winter I use an oil filled radiator heater to bring the temps back up.
In my research for these frogs I read that I should be at 78 degrees for the day and a night dip down to 72 is okay. (if the tank does actually drop that much in heat)
My question is what type of bulb and what wattage as well as what size lamp would be good for my tank size to heat the tank just about 6 degrees during the day. At night I will be using no lighting/or additional heating as I think I should be good with the general room temp.
Thank you in advance for your help.