I keep my Dubia colony in my garage, and for the past few weeks we have been getting very humid weather. I noticed small puddles in the bottom of the bin, so I cut a section out of the lid(I originally had some small holes in the top because I started the colony in the winter), and hot glued mesh in to increase ventilation, hopefully preventing mold from forming. Anyway, now all the water crystals I put in there turn solid again overnight. Im running low on them, and I don't want them to be without a water source.
What do you suggest I do? Can oranges give them enough hydration? I can put pictures up tomorrow, but is it possible that the cut is too big?:/
Sorry for rambling :lol:
Thanks,
Ayden
Yeah produce is fine as a water source for dubias, healthy too! You can even use wadded up wet paper towels in a bind. Really, dubias are so hard to mess up you shouldn't worry about them much. If you're trying to breed them then you'll want to find a way to get the humidity levels up, but otherwise you're fine.
I give them oranges, carrot, and whatever greens are going brown because they usually eat it up overnight. I'm currently mid-scale breeding (25-30 females w/ 10 males and 400+). I may try r35gtr's idea with the towels.. I could always buy another lid I guess :? ... And try to redo it with smaller holes.
If the water cyrstals in the dish look dry, add water to them. They are re-usable you know...
Years ago I worried about humidity, I dont any more. I keep the tops off on all my colonies and only worry about the food, water and the temp (stays between 80-85)