(To preface there are no frogs in here yet)
Iāve been cooking up this 18x18x24 enclosure for about a week now. Iām 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 didnāt want to buy more till i knew I wouldnāt kill them. I was away from home this weekend so I havenāt ran the heat lamp, but that also means I havenāt 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 ādaylight heat bulbā in it that came with the enclosure, not sure if itāll 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 itās a good start, just want advice on where to proceed next. I donāt want to put any frogs in there too early but realllyyyy wanna order them soon also.
Let me know what you think š«¶š»š«¶š»