My new ranitomeya lamasi green leg tadpoles - Page 3

beckdg · #21 (**permalink**) 04-07-2010, 01:11 PM

it may need a periodic mist or fog.

Dustin1231 · #22 (**permalink**) 04-07-2010, 01:23 PM

I mist it once in the morning and once at night.

beckdg · #23 (**permalink**) 04-07-2010, 01:34 PM

lid looks good, misting sounds adequate... maybe your hygrometer is off a bit. you might want to do yourself a favor and check home depot or walmart and get a digital one.

this one works well, is cheap and can be picked up at most walmarts...

i don't like the battery life on it though.

this one i like a little better and the price is comparable. i got mine at home depot...

it also has a much better battery life.

Dustin1231 · #24 (**permalink**) 04-07-2010, 03:41 PM

Ill have to pick one up and check

TheHamr · #25 (**permalink**) 04-07-2010, 10:49 PM

Don't be afraid to mist more, darts like it wet. Your substrate shouldn't have "puddles" but plenty of moisture will serve you sell. Make sure you get some leaf litter in there as well. It will help hold moisture, give your frogs somewhere to hide, and help with maintaining good microfuana. Get yourself some springtails, if your tank is wet enough it will mold and they will eat it and help breakdown the frogs droppings when they get out of water. Also you might want to start learning to culture fruit fly's since you have plenty of time with the tads.

BTW: Where did you get the tads?

Dustin1231 · #26 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 01:24 PM

just any types of leaf litter? i have a oak tree in the yard.

TheHamr · #27 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dustin1231

just any types of leaf litter? i have a oak tree in the yard.

Oak is great for leaf litter, just make sure you sterilize it before adding it to your tank.

RecycledAgain · #28 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 04:39 PM

Those dial hydros are notorious for being inaccurate.

Beck, on that digital, have you had that unit in a humid environment long? I was looking at them and I was under the assumption that the probe was just for temp and the unit its self measured humidity. I was afraid to leave it in the tank thinking it wasn't really meant to get wet.

Dan

Dustin1231 · #29 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheHamr

Oak is great for leaf litter, just make sure you sterilize it before adding it to your tank.

how would i do that? also i have some slab rock left over from my patio, how should i sterilize that before putting a small chunk in?

beckdg · #30 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 06:09 PM

the top one has been seeing 70%-100% RH for ~9 months or so with no real issues. it goes a little wacky if it gets sprayed directly but that for the most part i think can be handled by putting black tape around the edge where the seam is. i'm sure a dab of silicone here and there wouldn't hurt it much either.

you are correct... the probe only measures temps and the unit does both, so the unit itself would nave to be in the enclosure to measure humidity.

dustin... wash and/or boil...