strategus aloeus tank set up?
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Eudicella
Hi Andrew,
For Strategus, to collect eggs you only need rich compost and maybe add some rotten leaves. If you can make your substrate close to a compost pile the females should lay.
For the grubs, you can rear them in the same type of substrate (as long as there is enough organic matter for them to eat) but it is better to rear them on rotten wood.
If you have a few of them I would set them up in a 10 gallon aquarium.
Good luck! I love keeping beetles too.
Steven
For Strategus, to collect eggs you only need rich compost and maybe add some rotten leaves. If you can make your substrate close to a compost pile the females should lay.
For the grubs, you can rear them in the same type of substrate (as long as there is enough organic matter for them to eat) but it is better to rear them on rotten wood.
If you have a few of them I would set them up in a 10 gallon aquarium.
Good luck! I love keeping beetles too.
Steven
for some reason, I thought sand was a requirement in the ingredients-mix for Strategus. I didn't get as many larvae as I would have liked this last season, but I did get a few.
Great to see you both here!
Great to see you both here!
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Sara
Pupa
Howdy,Hi,peter
So do you think I should use sand because i'm using coconut fiber is that good?
do strategus need moister?
I would 1st recommend Orins book over D tityus keep them like a tityus and you can't go wrong. It is a must have for beetle lovers.
here is a link http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/elytraandantenna/
I have raised so many S aloeus it is crazy I started with 2 males and 8 females and got over 170 grubs I think the neatest thing about them is that cool noise they make when they rattle their elytra sounds like a creaky bed spring.
They will need lots of moisture, It is best to never let them dry out at all. The longer they can stay moist the longer they will live.
The substrate I used was
coco fiber
Powdered leaves " you can crushed dry leaves in a food processor or old blender"
Crushed rotten hard woods "hack berries and oaks is what i used"
Compost mix
Mixed with water so that it is very moist "like a cake but not a mess like and soupy like pudding if that makes since"
"My tip would be to add the water slowly so you don't over do it the 1st time have to start over "ahh how many times i have had to do that"
In a 10 gallon aquarium about 5 inches deeps.
I would prepacked the bottom inch of substrate so the females wouldn't have to work so hard doing that. Your can do that buy putting and inch of substrate in the aquarium and smashing it down with your hand.
You can look under the aquarium for white eggs it is exciting.
I added some whole leaves to the top of the substrate so if someone needed to Right them selves they could.
And if you have some frass from an ox grub add some of it to the top and the females tend to lay more eggs in those spots.
For the S. Antaeus you will need to add sand and grass i got 20 grubs from my pair last year.
take care
Sara
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Thats Awesome sara. The frass from an ox grub is tough to come by if you don't already have someone making the frass. I've found that you can sometimes use the frass of other beetles too. Remember to age the frass, solarize it, dry it to kill it of potential parasites then rehydrate and add. Awesome testimony though. You are a beetle jedi!
axlopez
Pupa
That makes so much sence if you ask me... those beetles (Strategus aloeus) are perfect beetle for beetle lovers mainly begginersBeetle Jedi ohh that will make me smile for the rest of the year LOL strategus aloeus are a presonal fav of mine I wouldn't be in this hobby at all if it wasn't for them.
because their 2 inch and live a year, eat fruit, males don't fight each other, and they are awsome!!!!!!!!! most of mine have lived over a year and just live in coconut fiber and compost (moistend)lol awsome pets love them a million times!.