Heat Lights-Domes-Thermometer/Hygrometer Woes & Questions

[irThumper]

Is there a dimmer switch on the lights? I use a ceramic heat emitter with a dimmer switch and a thermostat to maintain even and appropriate temps. The heat emitter turns off as soon as the thermostat temp probe read the correct temperature. I use it in conjunction with LED lights (no heat output) and a cheapy glass fish tank thermometer so that I can make sure of the temps.

I have used exo-terra digital hydro/thermometers (take the humidity probe out until you need it) and nat geo digital hydro/thermometer (no probes, works well except mine corroded inside because I never took it out, so I'd only put it in long enough to get a reading and then take it back out.) I far prefer the cheap glass thermometers, but having planted tanks, I usually have a good idea on the humidity levels by the appearance of the plants and the smell of the tank.

I personally wouldn't keep the hot light over the water dish because the water dish is where she'll go to escape the heat.

If the humidity is a little low, you can cover part of the screen top with glad press and seal, it works pretty well for a temp set up. I wouldn't worry about the planter on top of the tank, it's not going to block enough air flow to affect her.

You're going to need a BIG tank for all those froggies!

EDITED: Nope, no dimmer switch. Just a regular on-off switch, and I'm using ZooMed 60 watt blue daytime or red nightitme bulbs.

I was wondering since she's in the coconut hut most of the time and I was worried about her baking in there, as it is a very small space and the heat was directly over it at first :/ Humidity's been good, and I mist a bit ever-so-often throughout the day to counter the drying effect of the lights and baseboard heat. If it's not good having it over the water dish I think I'm going to wind up going to find a stand to get the dome further off the tank and level those temps off... that's what works for the other guys, and they are in 5.5 gallon tanks, so even more important to regulate their temps.

Not planning on keeping Martha with the other guys, actually, lol. Don't know when they will show normal levels of cocci (whatever a "normal level" is??) in their poo, it's still in various forms of unformedness (not a word, but hey, lol) and they are still being medicated-- that and Martha could try to eat Jelly bean for the size diff! I don't know when my guys will get to Martha's size, they seem to be growing very slowly, to me at any rate. I want to keep her in her own place and monitor how a frog her size grows and differs compared to my "special needs" crew. I will likely get her a housemate down the line sometime when I can afford a blue eyed or a snowflake... Mike Matson has a young froggy who looks JUST like Jelly bean, only it is a SUPER snowflake! He's asking $125 for it... *sniff* Not in the budget for me this year, but what an awesome frog! I'm going to see if he's ok with me sharing a pic of it here so folks can see Jelly's super snowflakey look-alike