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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 77970" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>You can use a heat mat if you want them to breed faster, but lateralis breed just fine at room temps, dubia will also but at warmer temps, ideally for breeding you'd want dubia 85F or so, they're an East African tropical species.  I'd get rid of the sponge, they're just bacteria traps.  If you're worried about them drowning in the dish put in pebbles or marbles or something they can crawl out of the water onto.  With water gels you don't have to worry about that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>