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i just thought of this the other day. if the power were to go out during the hotest day in the summer or the coldest in winter, what do you do for your frogs?

I have thought about that also. I guess in my case if it was a HOT day I would take my tanks in the basement, but I bet even on the hottest day I could keep the temp around 80 with fans and windows. Now on a cold day I have a fireplace, so I could move them to that room. I did have a part on my furnace break right after I got my frogs and the tank seemed to hold in the temp well for about a day. The rest of my house was down to about 60 or so.
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Kyle
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Ice is actually the easiest way to cool off a tank. Place the ice in a bowl or cup and put it in the tank. Frozen water bottles are best if you're paranoid enough to keep them in the freezer.

Heating, emergency heat packs for camping. They are extremely cheap and long lasting. Buy a bunch at walmart and store them with the rest of your froggie medical supplies.

joe

im stupid i was in hurry when i typed that. i meant like power outages either for a few hours or possibly days. what should the back up plan be?

If your power is out for several days your probally going to have bigger problems on your hands than just your frogs. but the same methods apply. heating pack and ice (even if you have to go buy it at the store) are the most economically available methods. If you have a bunch of money to blow you could by a back up generator, or you could send it all to me and i will sit around and ponder differnt ways to maintain a constant tank temperature sans electricity and get back to you in the future.

Hi,

This can be a major problem and two really good ways to cool a tank is to have small computer fans ready at all times for each tank in case of emergency...mist your tank and put the fan on the screened top...if you have to put it inside the tank make sure there is no way the frogs can get near the blades. If that is not an option an ice pack works great (also in conjunction with a fan) which has been mentioned, but what was not mentioned is that you need to wrap the icepack in a thin towel or paper or the frogs could stick to the cold pack. Also on days where the tanks could overheat, turn off the lights. My solution was to have a second air conditioner installed...saved a lot of stress on my part and possibly frogs lives...

Tammy

Thanks for catching the exposed ice problem, I'm use to dealing with my highland Nepenthes during power outages, not the frogs since they are more tolerant of warm temps than the plants.

If using fans inside a tank I recommend silicone glueing window screen over both sides of the fan.

I don't think much ice will be required, the frogs are smart enough to find the cooler side of the tank if they are hot.

joe

Hi Joe,

Yep, they find the best spots to hang out...before I had the second ac installed I would use ice often in my azureus tank. I would often find two or three frogs sitting on the block of ice (soft blue paper towel around the ice). Heat stresses them and I try to always keep them below 82 degrees...some species need/prefer lower temps than that.

Tammy