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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vermis" data-source="post: 211631" data-attributes="member: 37487">Orange heads rather than dubias here, but this is my setup.18 litre vented tub. About an inch and a half of coir (with a bit of sepiolite clay) and a 'roach hut' of slats cut from a 6" plastic pipe offcut.<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907889729_c1a1e0168a_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907570101_c58be5e335_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cork bark to finish the effect.<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907650603_25f8ffda66_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I started off with no substrate, like most feeder dubia setups, but I read that it might help nymphs escape the adults of this more-cannibalistic-than-usual species. All ages burrow like to burrow into it. The coir, which can get slightly moist, is also why I switched to plastic hides from egg cartons. The cork bark is an extravagance but these are part pets as well as feeders.I also used to keep them in an opaque black tub, to give them a bit of darkness. Trouble then, was I couldn't see them. I switched to transparent when I upsized them and it doesn't seem to have fazed them much. A lot of the adults and big nymphs just chill out on top of the cork bark, and there are still plenty of newborn nymphs.Also, I was going to post this over in the current heating topic, but it'll do here too: I got a pair of big 28W Komodo heat mats for the back of the bookshelves that my small collection rests on, to replace a whole lot of little 15W and 20W mats. With the boost in wattage I was all ready to carefully monitor temperatures and drag out my old mat stat if needs be. To my surprise the fistful of thermometers I used didn't read much over 24-25°C, 75-77°F, after a couple of weeks running. Normally I would say, don't sweat the little 7-15W mats (as long as you don't stick them underneath) but if this is how gentle modern heat mats are, then really don't worry about them!Yes, he did. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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