Asad,

First and foremost. Welcome to the Frog Forum!!!!

And onto your questions.

Sounds like you have an Analog Hydrometer. Those things are horrid, It's almost better to have no hydrometer than to have analog on. You can get a good digital hydrometer for around $20.

Amazon.com : Exo Terra Digital Hygrometer with Probe : Pet Thermometers : Pet Supplies

They also make the same thing, but with a thermometer built in. Now digital ones are not great and can be off by 10 - 15% , but they are much more accurate than the the analog ones.


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Heating - (I apologize if you know this bit already) Heat and humidity are inversely related to each other. Has heat increases it will cause the Humidity to decrease. So with that in mind lets take a look at how you heat the enclosure. If I understood you correctly you are using a heat lamp. This is an affective heating method, however while the light is on the humidity will get burned out of the tank. You are also using a heat pad? You shouldn't need both. If you replace the Heat bulb with a Ceramic Heat emitter (CHE) you can heat the tank 24/7 because a CHE produces 0 light. It provides a radiating heat and is by far my favorite way to heat a Tree frog tank.

Misting - No mater how you heat you will need to mist. Either to add humidity or add humidity and water plants. Having things like moss or a water feature can add tot he humidity, but are not required.

Ventilation - Reds do require some ventilation. You can cover between 50 and 75% of the top to help trap humidity in. I use pieces of glass to accomplish this. It works famously.

Lighting - Somewhat covered in the heating section. The lights you use will affect humidity based on how much heat the produce. I CFL or Incandescent bulb produce quite a bit of heat and will dry the air out. Florescent bulbs produce much less heat and LED lights even less heat.


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Care to describe your tank to me. Lighting, Substrate, Ventilation, Size, and anything else. A picture of the whole enclosure will be very helpful as well.

Thanks and Welcome Again,

Paul