Whites tree frog STILL hurting himself

[elly]

There's good stuff in the Terrarium section on the forum. As far as plant types go, many tropical houseplants that can tolerate damp work. Lucky bamboo, pothos, snake plant are some examples. I have mine in water right now and I plan to give them a quick dip in a bleach water solution. (inexpensive is good, in case they die of that or from being sat on by frogs.)

[Kmoonleaf]

here - some pictures of the tank

And a few more of the frog

[irThumper]

I'd give him a bigger water dish, place a flat rock or something else in the bottom (I use a tera cotta pot saucer upside down) and get him a "Pineapple" variety Dracaena. One of our Pacific tree frogs, and now our new Whites Tree Frog's, love snuggling down between the leaves to nap. I think the live plants help make them feel more secure & less frustrated and are kinder to their skin.

<< Pacific tree frog in Dracaena << Pacific tree frog in African violet
<< Outdoor Pacific tree frog in a Hosta

(Will have to get pics of the new Whites Tree Frog girls in their dracaena)

[DigitalPunk]

Hmm I have not kept White tree frogs, but I do have some Red Eyes and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night so let me toss a few ideas at you and see what you think.


Heating a tank with a heat bulb also has the added benefit of drying the air out in the tank super fast. I would venture a guess and say the hydrometer is way off on it's readings. With a Heat bulb on 24/7 there is almost no way for it to be on average 60% without the substrate being completely soaked with water and swamped out. I am going to link an item below to use in place of the heat bulb.


Ceramic Heat Emitter - If your current dome has a porcelain socket than this will work in your existing dome. He it is a plastic or metal socket you will want to replace the dome. These babies are bit more money than bulbs but last a heck of a lot longer. They will heat the tank 24/7 and produce no light. You will want to either use a thermostat to help control the output temp of find a dome with a dimmer switch on it to help regulate the heat. These things also do not dry out the air so all that precious humidity will stick around for a while.

That is the one thing that jumps out at me right away with your setup is the heating lamp. I tried those, it was a nightmare, and so I switched to the CHE and love them!

[irThumper]

How hot do those get though...? I'm second guessing myself on my own frogs' temps at night too, though I still think 73 at night is not too low I just don't know if they're used to it yet, and I don't really want it getting lower than 72 at the most. I did read somewhere on here that someones WTFs got to 68 or 69 at night and seemed to be perfectly fine, but I don't even let my African violets get that low at night and the frogs will wind up being in the same room as them.

[DigitalPunk]

It depends on the wattage you get. they 100w one gets up near the 80's the closer to it you are. It is a radiant heat so the closer to the device the warmer it feels and then down towards the vivarium floor it will feel a bit cooler The box shows the estimated distances and the heat drop off.