help me set up a pacman home please

[brian c]

i am new to this site ok so i have a twenty gallon long terrarium that my teacher gave me and its missing a piece of the black stuff on the top of the top but hey its a free tank so right now all i have is the tank and sand im not gonna use it fot the pacman frog but what will i need and please be specific and dont skip anything and have a nice day

[DigitalPunk]

I don't keep any Pacman frogs, but here is a great care article on them. It should get you pointed in the right direction while you wait for the Pacman peeps to rally to your aide

Frog Forum - Pacman and Horned Frogs - Ceratophrys - Care and Breeding

[brian c]

thank you

[brian c]

thank you and the first pic is cute

[Lija]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Good for you that you are researching and setting up terrarium first.
The care sheet you have been advised on is excellent, check it, the other thing you have 20 gal long tank and a sand. Sand is not usable for pacman frog, 20 gal long tank is too big for a baby.

[Lecroixe]

I was able to upgrade my little pacman from his tiny carrier that he was kept in at the store to a 10gal Long right away. Granted he spent his first week hiding out underneath the eco earth substrate until he got more comfortable with poking his head out. For awhile I could only see his eyes if they were even peeking out of the substrate.

If brian really wanted to, he could divide the 20gal Long into two separated 10gal sections and house two, or some other critter if properly divided. Or leave the one half empty until the Pacman gets bigger; and then it could have a lofty 20gal to itself.

I think the key things to keeping a Pacman is keeping the temperature around 70-85 (Night/Day) and the humidity at 75%+.

I've read a few threads where Pacman owners have trouble setting up the humidity and maintaining it throughout the day, which causes some health problems when a Pacman doesn't have the right amount of moisture in their environment, personally I have a see through glass top for my 10gal that holds in most of the humidity in my bedroom. It's also thin enough that I can adjust a daylight/heat lamp to occasionally increase the temperature of the terrarium as needed.

Some people say that they don't need the additional light/heat but I think that is up to the owner and careful consideration of the actual enviroment that the Pacman terrarium is housed in. My family runs the A/C 24/7 in my house during the summer, so I leave my heat lamp on the terrarium throughout the day to keep it nice and warm. Wouldn't want our frogs to freeze to death now do we?

As for humidity being important, there were a few forum members that had issues with extremely low humidity levels, causing their frogs to practically hibernate and "play dead" or estivate would be the proper term. Pacmans don't move around much to begin with, but you don't want them to be uncomfortable.

[Lija]

Lecroixe, it is pretty simple. You have to have correct parameters and proper sized tank for pacman frog, decor and covering 3 sides is important too. It doesnt matter how you achieve proper environment. You can use any heating element, but light have to be dim, for albino no uvb. You will always have problems with low or too high humidity unless you you set up properly. It is not rocket science. If you want easy way, you invest some money and get fogger, plug it and heating element into hydroterm, otherwise you gotta play around and see what works safely ( covering or opening screen top, misting more or less, etc.).

10 gal can also be too big for a baby, some wont care much, especially there are a lots of plants and hides present, others will stress out, refuse food = big problems.

Dividing tank is not the best option, but not impossible. You have to make divider absolutely not see through and completely waterproof both sides. And when you get a second frog, it had to be in quarantine first, both new and "old" tested for parasites and treated if needed.

[brian c]

i am not using sand that was when i was getting a gecko but someone gave me a full set up so..