BlitzTheBeardie
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Question: Best way to reduce humidity in you dubia roach bin?
My Setup: 40 gallon tote. 10" vent hole on one side of lid, 3 3" holes on the other side of the lid... covered with screen and also see-through curtain cloth to prevent flies etc. 2 foot by 1 foot FlexWatt heat mat under the bin. Temps controlled by Hydro Farm Jump Start thermostat. Temps stay around 85 degrees.
Diet: kale, apples, oranges, carrots, celery. Dry chow is made from starter chicken feed, flukers cricket gut load, tropical fish food flakes. I feed them every 2 days. Not much left overs in the bin, but some.
I've had my dubias for 8 months now and everything has been great! ive went from 30-40 dubia to 1000s now (2500-3000 maybe). Recently ive had a horrible fruit fly problem. i had maggots in the poop/frass, so I had to clean everything, throw away all the frass, replace egg flats, and start all over.
My problem now is the humidity in my bin is waaaaay to high. It's so high that if I put fresh veggies in the bin, about 12 hrs later, I have condensation all over the sides of my bin! it was also making the frass wet like mud in the bottom of my bin! This problem just started a few weeks ago. ive never had the problem of humidity being to high! I actually use to keep a plastic dish in the bin full of water to raise the humidity....
Anyone know what is causing the condensation and extremely high humidity in my bin now... and what can I do to lower humidity?
My Setup: 40 gallon tote. 10" vent hole on one side of lid, 3 3" holes on the other side of the lid... covered with screen and also see-through curtain cloth to prevent flies etc. 2 foot by 1 foot FlexWatt heat mat under the bin. Temps controlled by Hydro Farm Jump Start thermostat. Temps stay around 85 degrees.
Diet: kale, apples, oranges, carrots, celery. Dry chow is made from starter chicken feed, flukers cricket gut load, tropical fish food flakes. I feed them every 2 days. Not much left overs in the bin, but some.
I've had my dubias for 8 months now and everything has been great! ive went from 30-40 dubia to 1000s now (2500-3000 maybe). Recently ive had a horrible fruit fly problem. i had maggots in the poop/frass, so I had to clean everything, throw away all the frass, replace egg flats, and start all over.
My problem now is the humidity in my bin is waaaaay to high. It's so high that if I put fresh veggies in the bin, about 12 hrs later, I have condensation all over the sides of my bin! it was also making the frass wet like mud in the bottom of my bin! This problem just started a few weeks ago. ive never had the problem of humidity being to high! I actually use to keep a plastic dish in the bin full of water to raise the humidity....
Anyone know what is causing the condensation and extremely high humidity in my bin now... and what can I do to lower humidity?