Heat waves and frogs

[WalyLama]

I like the idea, but having mostly diurnal frogs, wouldn't the light cycle starting at 3am mess with their natural sleep/awake cycle?

You can cange their sleep pattern just like you can change yours. The natural cycle is altered unless your light moves and sets with the sun. The plants are in tune with moon cycle more than anything so you run the risk of sending them into a premature flowerng even hermaphradidic sex changes. I know little about keeping darts so that might kill them from what I read. If you are gunna change the light do it over a weeks time.

[bshmerlie]

You can cange their sleep pattern just like you can change yours. The natural cycle is altered unless your light moves and sets with the sun. The plants are in tune with moon cycle more than anything so you run the risk of sending them into a premature flowerng even hermaphradidic sex changes. I know little about keeping darts so that might kill them from what I read. If you are gunna change the light do it over a weeks time.

Yes start changing the light setting over a 2-3 week span. Hmmm....I didn't notice any sex changes going on with my plants, but you never know. My room is also completely dark so they (frogs or plants) cant tell when its light outside. And no they are not in my bedroom. I did it last year starting in July and went through September. Even with only 9 hours of light it didn't have any drastic effect on my plants and the frogs didn't seem affected at all. Then I slowly changed it back when the temps cooled down. It just saves a little bit off of the electricity bill when I'm trying to keep the house cool. I can leave the house thermostat just a few degrees higher and it helps. I am also in an area that really cools off at night so when I get home at 6:00pm I can open up all the windows of the house and it really cool off.