B. Dubia Theory 2 month results

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Great work!
Can you list what foods you have been offering,
I have 50 nymphs that I plan on trying to start a colony with,
I have a work shop that is vacant 99% of the time and I can keep the temps high H80-L90
What humidity's should I shoot for.

[demon amphibians]

Great work!
Can you list what foods you have been offering,
I have 50 nymphs that I plan on trying to start a colony with,
I have a work shop that is vacant 99% of the time and I can keep the temps high H80-L90
What humidity's should I shoot for.

you should have excellent results with those temps. B Dubia can do well in a wide range of humidity. If you live in a dry desert area that should be the only time you experience problems with humidity. If you use water crystals at all, then you are probably giving your roaches perfect humidity levels. I wanna say 60 percent should be your mid point stay above 40 and below 80.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

you should have excellent results with those temps. B Dubia can do well in a wide range of humidity. If you live in a dry desert area that should be the only time you experience problems with humidity. If you use water crystals at all, then you are probably giving your roaches perfect humidity levels. I wanna say 60 percent should be your mid point stay above 40 and below 80.

I plan on using one of my spare Zoo med hygrotherm controllers to requlate the temps and monitor the humidly.
For heating I plan on using a heating pad for human use set to low.
And the HVAC system in the shop set to 78F and to de humidify.

I currently have them in a small plastic tub with a few pieces of paper egg crate and feeding oats with flukers cricket meal with calcium.
on on side of the tub and water crystals on the other.

Since the nymphs are so small I don't put the food or the crystals in a dish they can't seem to get into it LOL

I plan on getting a large 18G plastic storage bin to replace the small bin I have now.

How often should I clean the set up. once a week?
Since I travel so much I plan on only feeding fresh veg when I am home and removing it before I leave. and check it daily to remove any
remains that might go bad and to prevent mold since I have read that mold is really bad.

Again thanks for the info. and I hope I didn't derail the tread too bad.

[demon amphibians]

All of those ideas sound great, dubia is a very easy species the only thing about them is you have to be patient.
If you are proactive in removing un eaten food items, with as many as you have you may only have to clean once every 4-6 months. The frass they will produce is not a bad thing to have. once it starts to get 1 to 2 inches deep is when it becomes time to clean. If it becomes to damp in your bin or starts to smell, it will be a good time to clean as well. the substrate should be relatively dry at all times. it is good to scan your bin for dead roaches from time to time as well, picking out all the dead which shouldnt be very many. Nothing like crickets. I clean all my bins once every two weeks but then again i have 10s of thousands per bin. The frass can pile up very quickly haha. Good for fertilizer though.

You didnt derail this thread. the whole purpose behind this thread is to provide the best information for breeding this amazing feeder insect. Not only food items are important, temps, humidity and husbandry are all equally important. If you have questions ask away my friend.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Thanks!,
I also have noticed that the nymphs will play dead,
Last night when I was transferring them from the small bin to the new large bin
I thought I had a few dead until I started to pick them out of the substrate and had them in hand
then they didn't let go of my hand and started to move on my hand LOL.