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Wow, that bin looks huge. I never had much luck getting those types of bins heated efficiently, and I only had 18 gallon bins. I used human heating pads, tried blankets, tried putting a bin inside another bin. Eventually I realized a cooler was a better option and I heat it with a light hanging...

You want to keep BSF's in the mid 50's F, if I recall correctly. If you have a basement floor, that would work well. Find the coldest spot in your home. A refrigerator is too cold. BSF are fascinating flies. As Tater mentioned, they have no mouth once they mature, so they won't fly and land on...

Yes, silicone caulk would work. If you get the aquarium safe kind, it won't have any additives that might be considered harmful.

Impressive looking setup! I can see wires, maybe from the probe, but I don't see the probe. Is the probe embedded in the background? Can you remove the probe temporarily and put it on that basking log (and close the screen top)? You just need it there to get the temps/correct size bulb right...

That's hilarious. He probably wants gravy with it next time. No, there is no risk. The Beautiful Dragons nutrition website recommends bread for hiding medicine in, but it's also listed as questionable.

Nice buy!

There are three people selling dubia in the For Sale forum and all three have excellent reputations. I bought mine years ago from Marcus of AF Exotics, who had a nice deal in the For Sale forum. These people support this website, so I think it is nice if you can support them. This is a good...

There's a typo and I'm not sure what you meant. Maybe your digital thermometer is different than what I'm thinking you have. I can guarantee you that 4 inches from a 150 W halogen bulb will be way too hot.

There is 167 pages of Viv pics only thread in this forum.

My son has always covered up the sides and part of the top of the tank at night with old towels so no direct light shines on his beardie.

I'm not sure what you mean by the probe being "as close to his basking spot and the light as it can get," but you want to measure right in the spot where he could bask. You can tape it with painter's tape if needed. What's the temp under the night light? What type of bulb is used for the...

I agree with plantkisser. The 40 gallon is fine for an adult, or younger, beardie. Don't get a 55 gallon, it's too narrow.

Dubia are much harder to dust than crickets. Crickets seem to have some tiny hairs (or something) that the dust sticks to, whereas 95% of the dust on dubia falls off within seconds. Adding water to the dubia and then dust might give us 5 seconds, but typically just a mess. We usually just...

Two of the best looking roaches I ever saw were escapees who survived a Chicago winter. I had a lot escape in my garage three summers ago and the following spring found a few dubia under some bark in a wood pile I had five feet from the garage. Two were absolutely gorgeous, fat females with...

I'm not quite sure what your question means, but it takes about 5 months for a baby nymph to become an adult. About a month after reaching adulthood, a female will produce offspring.

Five months has been pretty consistent for me for a baby to grow to adulthood. If you were feeding a baby beardie, you could've been feeding out of your bin in a week or two. I'm not sure what was meant by three months. Maybe they meant that was a good size to feed a sub-adult beardie?

He's a cutie and obviously given great care. I think he's definitely big enough to move to 40 gallon right now. What is the point of keeping a younger beardie in a smaller tank? Is it just for feeding purposes? I never had a baby, but he was smaller than 12 inches when we got him. We always fed...

Yes, it's very easy to go from crickets to dubia. It's best if you can switch over several days, like what is recommended for dog food. So the first couple days you might go 75% crickets/25% dubia, then a couple of days 50/50, then 25% crickets/75% dubia. Dreamless made some great points. I...

We were all newbs once. I remember the first time picking one up and it would not let go of me and I didn't want to hurt it. I found out they're pretty tough and I could be fairly rough with them. Some people use tongs, but the roaches probably have to have a little more size than what you have...

We have nice ones at our local produce stores, but I just can't get over paying for them. I take them from my organic, weedy back yard. I also have a few in a flower bed that I let grow quite large. I had tried transplanting some, and planting seeds in my vegetable garden, but strangely they...