superworm enclosure

[Moon4wolfgirl]

hi, so i recently found superworms easily to care for and im wondering what kind of enclosure would be best to keep and breed the worms and the beetles.

 

[CooperDragon]

Maybe a small old tank with a mesh top or a small rubbermaid bin with small holes cut in the top. I've used both with success. I used oats as substrate and then put some fresh veges on top of the oats every couple of days (keeping it fresh, don't let it mold). Now I just leave the supers in the bin with my roaches and treat them as cleaner crew but before I did that it worked out pretty well. Keep in mind the beetles can climb so once they appear they may climb out without a lid. I also found that cardboard tubes were appreciated by the beetles for housing.

 

[Moon4wolfgirl]

ok thanks right now I have them in a old 10 gallon tank.

 

[MrSpectrum]

Here are some videos on the subject. Many of them use a 3-drawer system (described in the videos). The 3-drawer organizers can be gotten at dollar stores, alphabet-mart, etc. for not a lot. They usually provide sources and/or links in their descriptions. :wink:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=breeding+superworms

 

[Claudiusx]

I use the 3 drawer ones too for my supers and mealies.

-Brandon

 

[MrSpectrum]

Now I just leave the supers in the bin with my roaches and treat them as cleaner crew but before I did that it worked out pretty well.

:? Would you mind elucidating on this, or point me to a thread where you already have?
You're raising them together in the same container?
Which is the cleaner crew for which?
The highlighted phrase confuses me; if things worked out pretty well before combining them, then why did you combine them?
How's raising them together working out?

Sorry for the seemingly 3rd degree--it's just that this is the first time I've heard of anything like this.

 

[CooperDragon]

I just stopped wanting to use them for food (my dragon eats mostly veges so I need very few bugs). I didn't have many supers and they lived for years in their bin. The beetles were pretty good for dental health due to their extra hard shells so I offer them occasionally. Then I started putting them in the bin with the roaches to see what they'd do. They seemed to thrive so I left them there. Then the frass in my roach bin started to get a bit out of control so I ordered some supers (the other worms had died off or been fed off by then) and just dumped the order in with the roaches and morio beetles. They have been living in the frass and on the veges I feed the roaches for a couple of years now and do a really great job of keeping the smell and frass level under control. I treat them as cleaner crew for the roach bin rather than feeders for my dragon now.

 

[Claudiusx]

Yeah I use some supers in my roach bin too. Mainly because of cooper lol.

-Brandon