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Yeah, I was just wondering how to lower the humidity... I finally got a reader, and it is about 80%. I am guessing that this is the reason why my WTF's aren't turning green!

Ryan

the humidity within the WTF vivarium should be around 40-60%, what is your set-up like?, how big is the water area? how many live plants do you have in the viv? what type of substrate do you use? how many times do you spray your enclosure? all these factors will contribute to the humidity in an aqurium. check my site for ways to decrease or increases humidity within an enclosure, look on the Whites tree frog page.

luke z
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I don't have any live plants in it. I use bark as a substrate, and the water dish is about 5 inches wide and 2 or 3 inches deep. It is deep enough for the frogs to sit in so they don't drown. I used to spray them all the time, but I haven't at all today in hopes that the humidity level will drop. It is a 20 gallon wide tank. Plenty of fake leaves and hiding spots both high and low. Tell me what should change

stop spraying the enclosure so much, the humidity should drop alot. your enclosure sounds good, aslong as there is alot of hide spots.

luke z
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Depending on your setup and the room temp and cage temp, you may not need to spray at all.
I only sprayed once a month if that and my humidity stayed at about 50%. I only really sprayed them because they like it, not to make the tank humid or anything.

Some people say spray every day, other say twice a week etc but it's very much a personal thing as I said because it totally depends on your tank.

Just start by spraying twice a week, see how the humidity goes. Adjust the sprayings till you get the right humidity.
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Well, right now, I have a 75 watt bulb in the lamp that sits in one corner. Do you think that I should go up to a 100 watt? The temperature is usually between 78 and 83 degrees... but I have read that I want it up around 86 degrees... I don't know how much that is in celcius. Sorry.

im not exactly sure what 78-83 farenhieght is, just keep the temps at about 22-28 celcius. 75 watt should be fine, you can experiment with the temps within your viv by moving the heat light higher or lower from your viv.

luke z
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Ok, I have my heat lamp in the back right corner of the viv. The lamp is sitting on the cage... I'm not sure what exactly I should do to raise the temperature up a few degrees. The humidity is down to around 60%, and it fluctuates with my light. Should I get a fluorescant light instead of my incandescant?

78 degrees farenheit is about 25 degrees celcius, and 86 farenheit is about 30 degrees celcius.

So you want to aim for about 83-86 in the daytime and about 73-75 at night.
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I can't seem to get my tank up over 78 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a problem, and this is the last thing that I need to change so they'll finally be happy and won't be brown. I switched from a 75 watt incandescant to a fluorescant light... the thing is, I have no idea what the wattage is on the fluorescant light. What is a good wattage on a flourescant light?

if you change your incandescent light bulb to a flurescent tube, the humidity will rise dramatically and the temps will also drop heaps(because fluros produce no heat).

78 degrees in the enclosure is fine, because incandescent light bulbs dry the enclosure, if you get rid of the light bulb the humidity will rise again.

your set-up sounds fine, 60% is ok (be better if it was 40-50%) and 78 farenheight is a good temp.

in australia, where litoria caerulea naturally occur they survive in temps from 50farenheight to 104farenheight , so 78 is perfect. there is heaps of info on my site, so check it out!!

luke z
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frogs change color depending on many factors eg- temps, humidity, enclosure size, enclosure lay-out, lighting, sickness etc.

some WTF's are naturally brown (indo WTF's), and even if kept in optimal condition they WILL stay brown.

if your WTF's are eating and are sleeping during the day, and your setup is perfect, then dont worry about it. if you are using the incandescent light bulb for photoperiod, then i would not get a fluro. a good fluro wattage is 20watts, but it really depends on your tank size.

luke z
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I asked a local pet shop what to do about this, and he suggested keeping the fluorescant on the tank to get UV rays and such out of it, and getting a 75 watt incandescant to put in one corner for heating. Does this sound like a good idea? They seem to like the fluorescant, as they do seem greener and they are more active now.

UV lighting will promote natural colors in frogs, but they do not need this lighting to be healthy.

all you need is a good source of full spectrum lighting (like incandescent light bulb) to provide the correct photoperiod for your frogs.

luke z
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