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Everyone elses questions are being answered except mine - please read my other post and help me!!!!!!!!!!! My frogs are suffering I think and I dont know what to do.

ventilation is a must. if it is staying too cool and too dry when you have adequate air flow, get a higher wattaged heat bulb. a temp gradient is more important than overall temps. as long as there is a warm enough area and a cooler area, the frog will go where it is comfortable. if it is too cool the frog will always be in the warm end of the tank. if it is too hot the frog will always be in the cool end. a larger water dish with an air stone(obviously hooked up to an aquarium air pump) in it along with more frequent mistings should help keep the humidity up.

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Thank you for the insite. I need to know what this air stone thing is though, I have never heard of one of them - where might I obtain one? I have had my frogs for 2 years now and they were fine but I moved last year to a place that is very drafty. I keep them in the least most draft prone spot but it is still getting cold here since winter is about to sent in Ohio. I am going to get a 100wt for the day and a 75 or 60 for night and hopefully that will get the heat and humididty up some. Hopefully I can find one of those stone things though

an airstone is for an aquarium. it helps oxygenate your fish tank. you dont need a powerful one though. you will need and air pump, air tubing, and an air stone. a cheap air pump of about $10 should be fine. any of the standard air tubing is fine and you will probably only need about 3' of it. the airstone is this little sandstone looking thing that goes on the end of the tubing and in the water. in your case it will be in the water bowl. keep the air pump outside the terrarium with the hose running from the air pump and into the terrarium and then into the water bowl. the constant air bubbles popping as they hit the surface will help drive up the humidity.

If your going and getting a new light you might aswell go and get a heat pad instead. Your light is what is draining your humidity. The best brand of heat pad IMO is the Zoo Med ones, ive had some last for 3 years now and still goin (in the long run its alot cheaper that light bulbs aswell). My input on keeping humidity up is to take this heat pad and stick it under a thin layer of moist substrate. These heat pads dont get too hot so your frogs cant burn themselves and it will help evaporate the water. Just make sure you dont let the heat pad dry out your tank's substrate. (some people stick the heat pad under the water dish to help evaporate even more). If you have a planted tank and need the light then go and get a cheap plant growing light/fixture and save your money on from the other expensive bulbs.

heat pads dont give heat to animals unless the animals is on the bottom of the tank. heat comes from above in nature and it should in captivity as well. if you want long lasting heat the ceramic heat emitters are supposed to last for years, but they can only go on ceramic fixtures, and you would still need a light source.