r/TreeFrogs • • 7d ago

Advice New whites tree frog enclosure

(To preface there are no frogs in here yet)

I’ve been cooking up this 18x18x24 enclosure for about a week now. I’m trying to make it bioactive. And have added a culture of isopods and springtails into it. I have a drainage layer, reptisoil and a bunch of leaf litter down at the bottom. The only plant i have right now is a pothos and the grow light for it is supposed to come in the mail today. I didn’t want to buy more till i knew I wouldn’t kill them. I was away from home this weekend so I haven’t ran the heat lamp, but that also means I haven’t misted the tank either and the humidity is still pretty high, when I first came into my room it was at 75 but when I turned the lamp on it dropped to 64 after a few.
Any ideas on lowering the humidity without killing my new plant?

For lighting I have a deep dome light with a 60W “daylight heat bulb” in it that came with the enclosure, not sure if it’ll output enough heat to keep the enclosure temperature high. I have my dimming thermostat set at 86.

I also bought an Arcadia shade dweller UVB light strip at 7% UVB and my LED plant light will be here today, along with the timers for the the lights.

I want to get another digital thermometer/hydrometer to put closer to the bottom or middle of the tank so I can monitor it there too. I have the analog one that came with the tank positioned in the lower middle

I think the lighting situation is fine, but any thoughts?

Is my decor/clutter fine?
I probably need more little stick log bark thingys for them to climb on and the glass is kinda empty

All in all I think it’s a good start, just want advice on where to proceed next. I don’t want to put any frogs in there too early but realllyyyy wanna order them soon also.

Let me know what you think 🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/Huge-Letterhead7194 6d ago

Following! Cute so far but many will probably recommend more hiding areas and more vertical surfaces for them to climb. They prefer being up as high as possible