My new juvenile Ornate is here!!!! :) + pics

[reptifrog]

hi everyone as you can see by the topic, I have received my ornate don't know what to call her/he yet I need to look at the hands see what sex it is, soon as I put he/her in the tank it went straight to sit in the water bowl good sign?? now il just let it settle in for a bit without disturbing it here's some pic's taken off my phon so not the greatest quality will have to take out my good camera

[WorldClassFrogCoddler]

He or she is awesome! I love the big wide mouth. I think that's gonna be a hefty frog someday. What are you going to call it?

[reptifrog]

not a clue what to call it hopefully people can give me some ideas, I hope so, loving all the colours on it though! cheers having little trouble with humidity doesn't seem to stay 80+ for long due to the IR heat lamp any ideas or will I can do or will I have to invest in a exo terra fogger

[DigitalPunk]

What type of top is on the tank? That looks like an Exo Terra to me from the pics. On my Exo Terra I covered 1/2 the top with glass and the other half I cover 1/3 to 1/2 with a moist towel. It is amazing at how well the humidity stays up when the town is on there.

Not sure what the ventilation needs for an Ornate Pacman frog is though.

[reptifrog]

yeah its an exo terra 12x12x12 inch (30x30x30cm) with mesh top with an IR bulb at the back right but half of the top has tin foil on il try the towel instead of the tin foil then?

[DigitalPunk]

The town will be better for humidity in my opinion. I put the glass on the side of the top that the light was on and left the side with the heating source open.

I switched to using Ceramic heaters for my Terrarium. Allows me to heat the terrarium using radiant heat (which seems to dry out the air less) and also since Ceramic heat emitters produce no light allows me to heat the enclosure throughout the night without shining a light.

I do notice that even light bulbs during the day take a toll on the humidity, but between the towel and the glass you can trap enough of it in to keep the decline slow.