Am I on the Right Path ~ Feedback Plz

[buddhaFROG]

Okay..Well he finally ate and pooped for me.

I want everyone to know that the heat lamp only covers half of my setup. The samething with my heat pad. It only covers half. So the main source of heat is only on half the tank.

I have since got a piece of plexi-glass and covered half the tank as well so that it will hold the humidity.

One quick question tho..wont a solid glass top restrict air from my frog therefore killing him? I see alot about glass tops and I just wonder about air quality. Also where do you get a glass top?

thx again guys

[DVirginiana]

Yay! Sounds like your pac is getting used to its enclosure and settling in well To get a glass top, you'll need to go to a glass-cutter and get one made. Alot of people do this for tree-frog tanks, and I hear it's pretty affordable; you can even get it so that there's a hinge top on the cage, but I'm not exactly sure how...

[frogmike]

No, the glass top will not suffocate your frog. You have to leave a small space for air and excess heat to escape. If pacman frogs were easy to suffocate then they wouldn't bury themselves deep in the ground. I also wave my hand around in the tank when i open the top to spray or feed them. This circulates the old air out, and allows for more oxygen and fresh air to enter. they don't really like it cause the air feels cold like getting out of the shower.

[frogmike]

You said that you have a 10 gallon tank, so you will not have to get a custom top from a glass cutter. Every pet store I've ever been in sells a glass top for 10 gallon tanks. It will be made of 2 sections of glass linked by a plastic bendy henge that goes long ways. It will come with a stick on handle for opening, and a strip of plastic in the back that can be cut to create a space for ventilation. You will have to look around the fish tank stuff. if you don't see it, ask an employee. its really worth it to get one.