Heating a planted pacman frog terrarium

[Jeryagor]

Hi Jason.

Thanks for your answer.

The frog is not there yet so I have plenty of time to adjust the parameters and get them right: temperature is the one that I do not get right yet.

I wrote planted just to mention that there are living plants in there: in practice there are only two of them (one pothos and one philodendron) so they should not bother when cleaning the terrarium. Keeping them in pots buried in the substrate would be possible though.

In your configuration, is the heat mat under the glass sufficient to get the proper temperature?
I thought the draining layer was mandatory in such terrarium due to the humidity / misting. Am I wrong?

Edit : My room temperature is 72 - 73°F during the day.

[jasonm96]

Hey

They're two good choices and buried in their pots would be good and no drainage layer is need for this.

Yes definitely but some people don't agree with it on the bottom, however from reading books and from experience, it works very well but there are some precautions you need to take for your frogs safety. The heat mat will heat the glass floor up to 100F so it needs to be on a thermostat to keep it at the right temps. This should cover around a third of the floor and when the frog sits in its burrow it will get heated up but it can then move away to a cooler spot if it wants. It won't warm the air temperature or above substrate but it will heat the floor, where the frog will be. The thermostat and digital thermometer probe must be placed under the substrate and not above otherwise you can overheat the frog.

I really recommend getting this book, it's got everything you need to know: http://www.amazon.com/Horned-Frogs-B.../dp/1882770889

[Jeryagor]

I have a day/night thermostat available so it will not be a problem to regulate the heat mat or cable temperature.
I will have a look at the book, thanks.