Weird(maybe) frog room questions

[AbranV]

I've been raising 2 PCF'S and a big bullfrog for a couple of years now. I have them in my "frog room" which is a former 1car garage that was remodeled into a 2nd living room. This room is normally closed off from the rest of the house and tends to stay fairly cool in the summer and REALLY cool in the winter.

Now, I have never paid much attention to that room's climate all that much because I have local frogs. Don't get me wrong, they're spoiled, and well taken care of, I have never measured temp. and humidity. Until now.

Lately I've been on the forum asking tons of questions about gearing up for darts or pacmans, if I can ever make up my mind. I bought a digital thermometer/humidity gauge to see where that room's climate is at, kind of like a baseline reading to see if the newbie frogs would be better off there or in the main part of the house.

In my frog room, the high point on humidity was at 87% and low at 75%. Room temp has been consistently around 57°F. We keep the main house around 63 or so in the winter and around 75 in the summer. Humidity should be a lot lower without out the bullfrog tank and lack of air flow.

My questions are:

1. Could my frog room be too humid, causing a difficultly in keeping darts/pacs comfortable?

2. With the temps listed for our home and/or frog room cause issues trying to keep a dart/pacs heated?

3. Is the high humidity a blessing in disguise?

4. I guess I'm really asking, can room climate majorly affect habitat climate? Or is it not that big of a deal?


BTW, I live in Oregon so humidity comes with the territory, and will be lower in the summer. And bullfrog tank is heated and adjusted by season.

As always, your input is greatly appreciated

[DigitalPunk]

My questions are:

1. Could my frog room be too humid, causing a difficultly in keeping darts/pacs comfortable? - The ambient room humidity plays little part in a Dart frogs vivarium humidity. Dart frog tanks have solid glass tops so the humidity is more controlled by how often you mist the tank

2. With the temps listed for our home and/or frog room cause issues trying to keep a dart/pacs heated? Darts need to be kept in the mid 70s. Anything over 80 can be lethal and below 68 can be lethal quickly for some Darts

3. Is the high humidity a blessing in disguise? - See 1

4. I guess I'm really asking, can room climate majorly affect habitat climate? Or is it not that big of a deal? - The Ambient room temp will make it harder to keep the internal tank temps up. It is not impossible, but you would want to setup a tank and then figure out what you will need to do to keep the temps and humidity in the proper range before you purchase a frog and house it in there.