Substrate question

[AdamFoxford]

I have my early L3 Allomyrina Dichotoma in A 750ml container at the moment. Plenty of room for him to move around while still allowing me to monitor him.

Currently I plan on using a sieve on the substrate once a week to remove feaces, recompoact the substrate and add more nutrient gel to the base. Is this often enough? Too often?

Thank you in advance.

 

[miwu]

It's too often though Allomyrina is super tolerant and should be able to handle that, but ideally you'd want to sieve substrate every 1-2 months. I would definitely use a larger container.

 

[AdamFoxford]

9kay, thank you for the response

Is it okay to get the larvae out weekly to weigh up and track growth?

 

[Pewrune]

the more disturbance, the smaller adult you will get. you will risk destroying their pupa chamber too. I check on mine every 6~8 weeks.

raising a beetle could be very different from other pets.