Increasing Humidity?

[Rae]

I have a Grey Tree Frog and am wondering how to increase the humidity without buying bulbs and lights... I mist about every other day lightly and Frodo has a small water dish in the terrarium. The temperature and humidity were both at a steady 70 degrees and % but ive noticed as its getting cooler the air must be getting drier and so is his home its dropped to 60% humidity. Any suggestions Please!

I am also aware Grey tree frogs need lots of ventillation so i dont want to cover the screen top.

[wesleybrouwer]

Can you describe you're tank setup?

What kind of substrate do you use,
how are the walls decorated,
do you use any life plants and so on.

A great way to keep you're RV at a good value is using life plants and a substrate like cocopeat.
This will raise you;re RV a lot.
Besides that it's worth the money to buy a misting system or humidifier hooked up to a humidistat (if thats the word for it , like a thermostate but then for humidity )

If you have a waterpart in your viv, it's also a possibility to use a aquariumheater in it,
since this will warm up you're waterpart it also vaporize it and gives the RV a boost as well.

[Rae]

Sorry I really am new at this Im not sure what kind of subtrate i use its from the pet store you add it to water and it expands ( i know i sound like a noob) they said it was the best thing they had for frogs... I have 2 fake plants and some real branches off the bush we found him near to add privacy to sides. a bark bridge/hideaway and a lil water dish oh and fake vines that you twist.

I have a picture of my terrerium in my album but i have added more plants fake and branches since those pics i will add some new updated right now to help!

[wesleybrouwer]

That's no problem/

I believe you are using cocopeat blocks, it will expand a lot as you put it in water.
This will give a good RV most of the times.
If the RV is to low, concider taking a humidifier you can use to get the RV up.
They are somewhat cheaper to but then a raining system.

[bshmerlie]

If you're only misting every other day and you're at 60 percent you could probably just mist everyday or twice a day and you'll be where you want to be. Mist once in the morning and once before you go to bed. Also live plants do help, but they can be a problem if you don't have adequate lights. I'd say just increase the misting at this point. Also check the guages. I had one of those gauges that always read 70 percent untill the entire tank was all steamed up and I finally noticed the needle didn't move. Yikes

[jtay]

I find using an air-stone (attached to an air pump) in the water bowl to work very well - but it depends on how deep your water bowl is as to whether that is a suitable solution for you.
Or as Cheri said, increasing your misting will help.