White's-TreeFrog is being inactive...?

[Kurt]

I used to use a 40 watt bulb on a ten gallon and it brought it up to 85 - 90 F.

[Crystal6]

I used to use a 40 watt bulb on a ten gallon and it brought it up to 85 - 90 F.

Then... my themometer is lying and the frog has something else causing this weirdness, or my lamp/lightbulbs suck. Or the tank is simply too big for the entire thing to be very affected by the lightbulb which is tangling about 5 inches above the lid.

[Kurt]

Or the tank is simply too big for the entire thing to be very affected by the lightbulb which is tangling about 5 inches above the lid.

There's the problem, the bulb is too far away from the tank. When I have used heat bulbs/ceramic heat emitters they were installed in clamp lights that rest on top of the screen mesh of the cage. The mesh is metal. If the mesh is plastic, you cannot rest it on the top of the cage as it will melt. Keep the clamp light away from the any plastic, like the frame of an aquarium. Place it in the middle of the screen top to prevent melting the frame.

[Kerry1968]

Can I jump in here and ask about a similar problem with my White's temperature?

I have a 24" tall Exo terra tank and I have a heat mat on the back (behind the polystyrene 'rock' background) that stays on all the time. During the day I have a red bulb on that sits on top the mesh This raises the temperature up to around 20 degrees at the highest, the rest of the time the tank is at about 18c (64f), I know this is still low for a tree frog, but I'm not sure what to use to raise the temp. When I asked at the shop about a ceramic bulb the girl there said it'll burn through the mesh on the tank. So I went for the 40w red bulb.

Also, as the temperature is dropping so low at night do you think it would be OK to keep the red light on all night?

[Kurt]

You may have to keep it on all night, your temperatures are too low. I think that the polystyrene 'rock' background may be blocking the heat mat's effectiveness.

What's the wattage on the ceramic heater and what is the mesh top made out of?

[Crystal6]

*adjusts heat lamp so it is closer* Now we play the waiting game.

[gray frog in manitoba]

I keep my heat light (one of the red reptile bulbs, 40 watts) on 24 hrs, it has not seemed to change his behavior. Every night between 9 - 10, he becomes alert ~ hops into his water dish and waits to see if its feeding time....