Quote Originally Posted by Snappi13 View Post
I was wondering what kind of foggers are recommended for use with my tank. I recently ordered a hygrometer digital and temp gauge I believe it's the one that can regulate the fogger and temp as well. The zoo med fogger and Exo terra had terrible reviews online and I was wondering what everybody uses and recomends. I am having trouble keeping the humidity above 20% dry heat in the winter in new England. I'm misting and have a large water dish over my uth to try and increase the humidity. I don't use the Eco warth because my frogs hate the way it feels on their skin. They Try and wipe it off with there cute sticky fingers. Any suggestions? I have the 18x18x24 exo terra viv.
ok, a few things. do you have the uth, under the tank? and a bowl on the glass inside the tank to raise humidity? it's not going to work because that uth cannot heat the tank glass AND the bowl material. it's just not designed for that. if you are going to use a uth in a tree frog tank, it needs to be on a side of the tank, and even then, they are relatively useless. look into domes and ceramic heat emitters. there are numerous discussions on the forum about this very thing. another thing, yes, i agree, you must absolutely cover at least 50% of the top in order to retain any humidity other than ambient room humidity. everything is just ventilation out of the top, as Scott mentioned. Eco earth (or anything similar) is helpful for retaining humidity. of course the frogs don't like it. how to solve that? leaf litter. it's cheap and more natural for them. forest floors, like where they live, are covered in leaf litter. yes, i know they are a tree frog, but they are not canopy frogs, like red eyes. think more along the lines of a greys tree frog or american green tree frog. they live in the lower part of the forest. so they won't object to leaf litter.

i hope this helps