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    It has the top that it had when there were fish in the aquraium. But I read somewhere the problem with that is ventilation. But I do own a glass drill bit that is the size of a pencil I figure I could use that to put ventilation holes around the top. I have no idea how I am going to heat it. But the way I look at it, is I will figure it out along the way, Like I have said before I am very patient. Saturday the aquraium will be here, I am going to take some construction paper to the tank and use that to help with the design. And trust me you will be overwhelm with pics and questions. What does a rain room due and have anyone every use one of those froggy foggers.

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    Just some random thoughts to pass on to you.

    If the room you are keeping the tank in has an average room temp of 68 degrees plus then you have no need for heat pads under the tank. I keep some small pads around just in case but under normal conditions in your home, just lighting on top will add the needed heat for your frogs and slightly covering the tanks top with glass and using a screen on the rest of the top will usually keep in heat and help keep up the humidity.

    You can add a small fan from a computer to the top screen to push in air for circulation.
    Just remember that air coming in is dry so too much will drop humidity.
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    Instead of drilling holes, I would look at this system first. Will chnge out air and add humidity off a small inexpensive fish tank air pump..... Tropic Air Humidifier & Air Exchanger

    With two home depot compact florescent bulbs (6500K color spectrum) and at only 4 bucks a piece, My Whites viv runs about 82 degrees in the day and without drops to 70 at night.
    Since your tank is so big you could opt for the higher wattage ones and probably get similar results.

    If your building this with the opening on top.
    You can make you own screen inexpensively. The corners run around 3 bucks, the screen is about 5 a roll, and the frame which you will have to cut and piece together with the corners is about 6 to 10 bucks for one piece long enough. Just remember you have to feed them and touch up occasionally so you need access through the top so don't forget to make it easy to access.


    Hope some og this info helps.

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