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Ok im building a frog room in my basement and its 39F degree's outside and 59F degrees in the basement. Im putting up sheetrock walls to make the room in the basement. Wondering if making a walls out of sheet rock and painting them would increase the temp in my frog room and be safe for the froggys. they say to keep the temp about 72F and im wondering how much my temp will rise once i put them walls in there and paint it.

I built a lizard room in my basement with the same conditions you described. The room isn't hugh and the basement is not heated, so the unfinished half of the basement get close to freezing during extended cold snaps. But it doesn't take alot to heat a relativly small area, 10'x10'for example, and I use a small electric heater.
By the way, I just got my first froglets (olemarie tincs) and it looks like my "lizard" room will slowly be becoming my "frog" room!

Leif

Also I would like to add that if your basement is like mine it stays fairly cool during the summer months which is great if you don't have air conditioning like me. From what I have read extended periods over 80 degrees is bad for darts, which can happen here during the summer. It never goes over 75 dgerees in my basement. I also have my saltwater reef tank down there for that reason.

Hope this helps

Leif

We got central air and heating so i dont think it will ever get too hot or cold but im wondering with the room in sheet rock would help bring it up a few degree's. Got a small little heater i bet would help also but yeah the insight is what im looking for. Thanks