[Krotious]

Hi guys, I have been making terrariums for a while but I finally decided to get some frogs. I have wanted to keep them since I was a kid and I finally have the space to make a nice enclosure. It is 48 x 24 x 48 but a lot of that top foot is the light hood. Built from scratch.

I want to get some tinctorius azureus but before i do i figured i would pass it by here to see if there is anything I can do to make it better for them.

Temps are reliable between 18 C at night and 25 C during the day which I feel might be too high. Humidity is rarely below 70. I have a mistking set up to mist if it goes below that.

Lots of leaf litter, no water feature. I have been lurking here long enough to know that.

I am not getting the frogs for a few more months so I have time to make changes.

 

[Krotious]

Hi, thanks for replying. There are three one inch holes at the back that are always open and a strip of vents under the front panel over the glass that I can prop open as needed.

I also have a fan going on the left hand side to try to make a dryer side. So far it works ok.

 

[Krotious]

They're covered with mesh to keep the frogs in, right? 🙃

The vent holes are open but the whole light canopy they are in is separated by a screen mesh. I do need to seal it in some how my isopods keep escaping around the frame and dying on top of the mesh. Should I mesh the vents off as an aditional precaution?

 

[Krotious]

Looks like a great start! The only note I’ll make is that the MistKing should be set to mist on a schedule, at least once a day, and not hooked up to the hygrometer. Hygrometers are notorious for failing and the frogs benefit from regular misting, while both frogs and plants need periods in between where surfaces dry off.

Thanks i had noticed the same thing. Those 4 round things in there are hygrometers I picked up because i was suspicious. I manually mist once in the evening I only left it on in case I forget or it gets dryer than 70 unexpectedly. Also I paid extra for it before I research it properly 😠 Figured it couldn't hurt so long as it wasn't overwatering. Is it ok leave so long as I make sure to mist daily or just ditch it for a timer?

 

[Krotious]

Yes, I would

Can do. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Krotious]

There are lots of good posts covering humidity vs wetness. In short, you want a gradient of moisture in your tank, from visually dry wood to continuously wet spots underneath leaf litter. As long as you have that, you don’t have to worry much about the humidity readings in the tank.

I would try to establish a misting cycle that keeps plants and frogs happy - something like 1 minute+ once or twice a week, and 20 seconds daily or as many times a day as you need to wet everything down, then give it a chance to dry off a bit (water shouldn’t sit on plant leaves for more than an hour or two at a time).

Hi thanks for the advice. I am going to get a timer and switch. The hygrometer isn't doing any harm as far as I can tell from the humidity posts I looked at but I would rather control it myself. As it is I have been misting manually for 20-30 seconds every evening and going in to spot water specific spots that were lacking twice a week. Everything dries off on the surface within about three hours regardless. I will let it run on the timer for a few weeks and see how it goes.

 

[Krotious]

Really nice setup! I think the azureus will be very happy in there, your tank looks awesome all around. I especially like that ledge along the back.

What are these trailing plants?

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Those are String of Turtle. I love how they look but they are fairly fragile. I will have to see how they hold up to the frogs. They propagate from cuttings very easily so worst comes to worst I will move them to another tank. By far my favorite plant in there. My next step is some smaller creeping vines. I want to get some oak leaf creeping fig but it is hard to find in my area so far. I am not much of a plant guy but I am working up to it slowly..

Thank you for the comment.

 

[Krotious]

I thought they might be string of something, but I thought they were more of a succulent so I am curious to see how they hold up in high humidity. How long have they been in there?

They were one of the first plants I got and have been in there about 9 months and thriving. The ones that are doing the best are actually in the birds nest right under the left hand mister. All of them came from one plant that I have been taking cuttings from and moving around the tank.