Questions about lighting for albino pacman.

[GrifTheGreat]

The daylight blue bulbs are good if they are of low wattage because the albino pacman frogs have extra sensitive eyes and skin and these could be damaged. If you have large enough plants to filter out a lot of the light getting to the frog then they are fine. Fluorescent lights are extremely bright so they could really damage your frogs eyes. There are a lot of albino owners on here that will be able to give you more info on what to use than I because I have a Ceratophrys Cranwelli and their eyes aren't quite as sensitive as an albino's but can be damaged by bright lights. The daylight blue bulbs do stimulate appetite and also plant growth. They come in both fluorescent and incandescent. Fluorescents are much brighter and I believe the incandescent produces more heat. Information you find and read about can be confusing because some of it is contradictory and a lot of owners do get frustrated. I've been there a lot lately. I'm sure someone with more experience with the albinos will answer you shortly and provide more than I. Good luck.

[John]

Grif, that whole albino lighting thing is overstated at best. The only thing I wpuld worry about when it comes to albinos is not to expose them to a full on UV bulb.

Nikki, the short answer is that unless you are trying to grow plants or use the light as a heat source, a regular aquarium light, like you propose, would be just fine.

[GrifTheGreat]

Grif, that whole albino lighting thing is overstated at best. The only thing I wpuld worry about when it comes to albinos is not to expose them to a full on UV bulb.

Nikki, the short answer is that unless you are trying to grow plants or use the light as a heat source, a regular aquarium light, like you propose, would be just fine.

Thanks for the insight John. I'm just a novice when it comes to frogs. I'm just going by what I've read online and in books. Kind of sad really that most info I've read gets over shadowed by actual owners. This forum has the most concrete info on these guys. You just can't find credible info on these frogs unless you know or talk to someone who actually has one or raises them. Sorry if any of what I said was wrong.

[demeteraurion]

I have an albino I use a small heat mat on the side plus a 25w blue part bulb, it was only $3 at Home Depot which is better than the expensive ones at the pet store. Stay away from UV lights and he should be fine. I have some plants hung under my lamp to block out a lot of the light. Really bright lights do irritate their eyes, sometimes my frog has large pupils but if he gets right under the light they shrink tiny. At my pet store they have a poor albino under two bright lights, one is UV and he looks practically blind.