laura_leigh
Member
ok, I've had my dubia colony started for about a month, and it seems to be doing pretty well (if i say so myself, lol)
I started out with about 250 dubia from Aaron Pauling and they seem to have multiplied a bit, I haven't counted them, just have seen several babies floating around in there
Anyways, I just got in 1000 mixed nymphs from BlapticaDubia.com (awesome sale, lol), 5 lbs roach diet, 8 oz Water crystals, roach flats, and some climbable (if thats even a word, lol) food and water dishes (the itty bitty babies are climbing in to the water crystals dish) and bug stop....
So I'm pretty sure my setup is ok, i've got a big rubbermaid container with about a 4x7 screened area in the lid. I have a human heating pad underneath running on high. The temps at the bottom are running about 90 degrees on the bottom. I was feeding my own food up till today, supplemented with fruits and veggies and greens for moisture. And egg crates of course..... I've got anywhere from 1400-1600 dubia running around in there
So here are my questions:
1.) How in the heck do I pick up the big buggers to feed falcor? They gross me out really bad. I'll play with the babies all day long, but the big ones freak me out.
2.) Should I seperate the adults from the nymphs and get a feeding colony set up so i don't feed off my breeders? If so, how many adults should i keep in the breeding colony and at what ratio for feeding a single sub-adult dragon?
3.) How the heck do i clean out the container? I had previously just been putting the food on the floor of the bin, and now its a mess and driving me nuts!
4.) Any additional suggestions outside of my questions are definately welcome as well! :wave:
I started out with about 250 dubia from Aaron Pauling and they seem to have multiplied a bit, I haven't counted them, just have seen several babies floating around in there
Anyways, I just got in 1000 mixed nymphs from BlapticaDubia.com (awesome sale, lol), 5 lbs roach diet, 8 oz Water crystals, roach flats, and some climbable (if thats even a word, lol) food and water dishes (the itty bitty babies are climbing in to the water crystals dish) and bug stop....
So I'm pretty sure my setup is ok, i've got a big rubbermaid container with about a 4x7 screened area in the lid. I have a human heating pad underneath running on high. The temps at the bottom are running about 90 degrees on the bottom. I was feeding my own food up till today, supplemented with fruits and veggies and greens for moisture. And egg crates of course..... I've got anywhere from 1400-1600 dubia running around in there
So here are my questions:
1.) How in the heck do I pick up the big buggers to feed falcor? They gross me out really bad. I'll play with the babies all day long, but the big ones freak me out.
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2.) Should I seperate the adults from the nymphs and get a feeding colony set up so i don't feed off my breeders? If so, how many adults should i keep in the breeding colony and at what ratio for feeding a single sub-adult dragon?
3.) How the heck do i clean out the container? I had previously just been putting the food on the floor of the bin, and now its a mess and driving me nuts!
4.) Any additional suggestions outside of my questions are definately welcome as well! :wave: