Heat waves and frogs

[clownonfire]

Last summer I moved my light cycle to 3am to 12 noon. That way my lights would shut offbefore the day got too hot.

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

[LilyPad]

Turning on the A/C made for a huge humidity drop for me! So I put glad press and seal on the top of the screen leaving just an opening around her lamp. That seems to have made a huge improvement.

[Baelari]

I would worry about the press and seal melting with the heat lamp, but I haven't tested how hot the lamp gets. I'm using foil until I can get a nice looking piece of glass.

[LilyPad]

I would worry about the press and seal melting with the heat lamp, but I haven't tested how hot the lamp gets. I'm using foil until I can get a nice looking piece of glass.

I have it open about an inch around the edges of the lamp so nothing is touching. No problems at all with it, the plastic isn't even warm when I touch it.

[clownonfire]

Today, we had temperature that reached 34°C (93.2°F), and this:



Computer fans were at full throttle. And mistings were made more frequent. I personally was circling my vivs like a mad man (my neurotic levels were in the Woody Allen spheres).

Eric

[bshmerlie]

This is when everyone needs to leave the AC on at home while they go to work. Frogs love high electric bills. This is also why I'm switching over to LED lights. I know it will only knock off 3-5 degrees but if I can leave my home AC set at a higher temp hopefully I won't have to have such a huge electric bill this summer. Every degree counts.

[Tony]

Today, we had temperature that reached 34°C (93.2°F)

It does not get that warm in Canada, all your igloos would melt if it did.

[clownonfire]

It does not get that warm in Canada, all your igloos would melt if it did.

Hence why I'm having issues with the frogs; they can't swim.

[DonLisk]

Turning on the A/C made for a huge humidity drop for me! So I put glad press and seal on the top of the screen leaving just an opening around her lamp. That seems to have made a huge improvement.

Yep, an all screen top won't help retain humidity so covering 2/3 of the top will help keep the humidity up on a tree frog tank. Darts on the other hand usually have almost all the top covered and humidity above 90 percent all the time.

The Glad Press & Seal will create the same results. Just what I will be doing on my Crested Gecko's Screen fronts (which will be poor for the view).

[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.