Dubias

[Kreamcheese]

So my colony seems to be doing well. Eating a bunch and very active. I've seen a few females with the egg sac protruding so that's a good sign, even though no baby nymphs yet. I haven't had a death yet until I looked today and noticed a molting dubia seemed to be stuck in its molt. It was still alive but was curled and hardened so I decided to freeze the poor thing. It's only been this one time so should I worry? My digital humidity gauge says 60 and temps are going between 85-95.

[Sublime]

Nope, I wouldn't stress about one unsuccessful molt. Your temperature/humidity are perfect; just watch over for a week and see if this issue continues.

[Kreamcheese]

Yeah I figured it wasn't a big deal. Just want to make sure my investment doesn't crash on me! I'll peek in every few days just to make sure all is well. How is your colony doing?

[Sublime]

My colony is doing horrible, thanks for asking. Haha, no seriously though... I'm going to clean out the dead roaches tomorrow, since I'm only cleaning out dead once a week now. Trying to reduce stress like Monster advised. I'm keeping plenty of food in there, temps at the bottom are 95-105. I've been trying to keep the humidity up by spraying the sides occasionally (Still have a water bottle in there, your little tip), and water gel crystals. Man I just don't get it; I think the guy that supplied me with these adults gave me 'old' ones.

I bought some heat tape on bigappleherp to get additional heat in there, it barely raised. I'm gonna' try plugging it straight into the wall instead of a rheostat to get maximum temperature. It would probably be a good idea to do that insulation method that you did to revamp your setup. It's just starting to piss me off, this investment is going in the trash. Although, with all the negative stuff I have been saying - I always do see babies on top of the water gel crystals. They must be breeding a little at least.

It just sucks, I don't have a job and I don't have that much money to resupply if things get worse.

[Kreamcheese]

Damn dude sorry to hear that. Well if mine starts to take off I'd be happy to help you out

[Sublime]

Ah, no man you're very generous. Thanks for the offer though, that's way to good of an offer. I hope your colony sets of soon, that will be cool for you. I'll keep trying with mine; it just seemed like it was such a breeze to raising these guys what people have said in care sheets or youtube videos for them. I'm just not having a good experience at all; I'll show you guys my setup tomorrow. There's nothing wrong with it at all.