Heat

[Grrrit]

Here in ohio we have some cold winters, and to top that my room and where my frogs are is in the basement. :/ the room temp only gets to 65°f if I'm lucky. For now. This month I'll be relocating and things will also warm up.

Anyhow, I have two pads and two night lights. One light is 50w and the two little heat pads run 24/7. Its a bigger viv so it kindof needs it. the other night bulb is 25w and is coupled with my grow lights. With all of that my temps peak at 81-83°f

[Grrrit]

Oh yea, under my eggcrate falsebottom I have a 75w aquarium heater. Its set for 90°f but only gets the water to 75°f. And there's about 4.5 gallons of water in there circulating.

[Immortal]

Oh that's a good idea with the water! I am really worried to leave anything on at night or if I am not home. I might get a heat pad for the side of the tank but since they're not really re stickable I'll probably wait until she gets her new tank. I noticed my night time little 25 watt bulb is doing a good job. I put my hand in and I can tell it is a few degreese warmer in the tank than outside of it.

[Grrrit]

I don't stick mine, I tape them up. Kinda helps if you have rearranging to do. I had a theory that if the circulating water was heated it'd raise the ambient temp.

[clownonfire]

If you are worried about heat for your RETF (around 23-27 celsius during daytime and it can drop around 20), a heat pad under your tank is what I think works best. You can get heat cables by Exo-Terra that work much better than heat pads, in my opinion. When you apply your heat pad/cable, apply it in just half of the bottom, for thermoregulation. Now these cables and pad will mostly heat the substrate and will generate little to no heat in the ambient air. Heat bulbs can dry the skin of your frog. So I would use with caution, or not used. As your beautiful RETF is a nocturnal, it doesn't really need lighting at night. Some will use night glo lights, but they mostly serve a purpose for.... the owner. I myself sometime use one in my big eyed treefrog enclosure to watch him.

If you have plants in there, you can use a Repti-Glo 2.0 during daytime, it can also help with the sleep cycle of your frogs (as too much light at night can disturb the sleep cycle).

Hope it helps!!!

Eric

[Immortal]

Thanks Eric. I can't put a heat pad under the tank because it's only 5.5 gallon standing on end and it's on a wooden table, so that isn't safe. On my old water dragon's tank, it was really long and it was on an end table on each end, so I put the heat pad in the middle. But I could put it on the side yeah?

I have the night glo bulb on during the day and turn it off at night.

[clownonfire]

Thanks Eric. I can't put a heat pad under the tank because it's only 5.5 gallon standing on end and it's on a wooden table, so that isn't safe. On my old water dragon's tank, it was really long and it was on an end table on each end, so I put the heat pad in the middle. But I could put it on the side yeah?

I have the night glo bulb on during the day and turn it off at night.

Absolutely Lor. If you put it on the side, just above the substrate, it will spread the heat in your ambient air, which will be even better for your RETF.