I have learned a lot the past months from research and talking to people about raising beetles. However, I still have trouble determining when to change habitat conditions for imago/larvae.
Imago: For adults, I use heat treated organic soil for some along with heat treated substrate for egg laying that I've purchased from Peter C. for others. In the habitats, I have a shallow water dish, hermit crab sponges, beetle jelly with holder, rotting log, and moss in each tank. Some adults move around at night and mess up the neat enclousure have provided them. Some species even emit spray and it gets all over the tanks wall. I clean that but how often should I change the soil?
Larvae: I have 3 larvae that I've owned for three and a half months now, and 2 that I have owned for a month. I changed the first 3 larvae containers with new substrate mixed with some of the old every month for two months. The other 2 I haven't changed yet. This is because I am unsure on when to do this. I have a hard time determining what the frass looks like. I also hear people almost never change their substrate. I am very unsure on what to do so if anyone has some tips it would be greatly appreciated.
Imago: For adults, I use heat treated organic soil for some along with heat treated substrate for egg laying that I've purchased from Peter C. for others. In the habitats, I have a shallow water dish, hermit crab sponges, beetle jelly with holder, rotting log, and moss in each tank. Some adults move around at night and mess up the neat enclousure have provided them. Some species even emit spray and it gets all over the tanks wall. I clean that but how often should I change the soil?
Larvae: I have 3 larvae that I've owned for three and a half months now, and 2 that I have owned for a month. I changed the first 3 larvae containers with new substrate mixed with some of the old every month for two months. The other 2 I haven't changed yet. This is because I am unsure on when to do this. I have a hard time determining what the frass looks like. I also hear people almost never change their substrate. I am very unsure on what to do so if anyone has some tips it would be greatly appreciated.
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