Red heat lamp - is this normal?

[elly]

I've read on the forum about a frog that was seemingly disturbed by a bright red light and attempted to escape when it was on resulting in a bad nose-rub problem. That may not happen though.

Why do you need the red light at night? Is it because your overall room temperature drops?

[DaisyMaisy]

Thanks for the response! Yes, the room gets to about 68. I think I could keep the tank at about 70, but I wasn't sure if that would be too low for the frogs. I can see how the red glow would bother the frogs - it bothers me anyway! I will keep fiddling around and possibly try a UTH.

[elly]

Most of the heat gets blocked out by the substrate with undertank heaters, at least in the experience of some people on this forum. You could try a ceramic heat emitter or a space heater?

Edit: Heat emitters might be a little more expensive than bulbs, but they don't seem to burn out as quickly. I had a purple "moonlight" bulb that wasn't too bright, but it burned out the night after I bought it.