Night lights ? in a GTF tank

[eufa1313]

Hello again,
I was wondering about Night time lighting,
i have 2 GTF and they are very active at night, but the second i turn on a lamp
even at the other side of the living room they stop there activity... sucks!
i was looking around for some ideas about night lamps
Should i just use a standard exo terra Night lamp or should i go another route?
I thought about setting up a string of Blue LED lights, for night viewing
but IDK if yall would have a better idea about lighting.... Im ready for the flow of ideas. lol


Also, ive read several diffrent places about night time heating
they have a exo terra UTH on the side of the tank which they SOMETIMES group and sleep around,
Should i get a night time heat lamp and that will solve the above problem
or not???

[bshmerlie]

How long have you had them. My frogs are in my office which has a computer monitor which is the light that I use to view them with. When I first got them they would be shy when I turned on the monitor. I feed them shortly after I turn on the monitor and now they don't care about the minimal light or me sitting there watching them. LED lights are not that bright and should work. I use a heat mat on the side of my tank because I have my house AC set at 72 degrees and I don't want them to get cold. Its on a thermostat so with the lights on in the tank during the day it doesn't go on that much. At night I have the thermostat set a little cooler than the day temp.

[Paul Rust]

Hi there. Here is my .02
For my nocturnal frogs I use little 12v LED's at night to simulate natural moonlight.
As for heating I have a nighttime temperature drop of 5 degrees.

[eufa1313]

Yea, I actually just purchased a 12 led light strip off of ebay for 5$,
So how exactly do u control a 5 degree temp drop,
my enclosure drops almost 12 degrees with the day lamp off,
(Light=standard incandecent 60watt bulb)

[Paul Rust]

Yea, I actually just purchased a 12 led light strip off of ebay for 5$,
So how exactly do u control a 5 degree temp drop,
my enclosure drops almost 12 degrees with the day lamp off,
(Light=standard incandecent 60watt bulb)

I use the Zoo-Med Hygrotherm to control my heat and humidity.

[eufa1313]

Yeah, ive read into those...

What else do you suggest i get with that?