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  2. Update on this. I haven't had any more tears in the brass. I have moved smaller species into tubs with brass ventilation and kept larger species in tubs with stainless steel mesh ventilation. The stainless is much more difficult to melt into the tub than the brass mesh. I never got around to melting all the stainless mesh into the tubs and in those instances the original hot glue has held up pretty well over time. If the hot glue does start to peel off, it is very easy to add more. But stripping the hot glue off and then welding the screen back on is very time consuming.
  3. I'm trying this contraption out, with burlap fit to it using zip ties. I could just buy cork or something but oh well.
  4. I've been listening to the past Roach crossing streams and I know now that I don't know much about molds. Could be ok, might not. Don't know how to find out either. I'll have to search the forums.
  5. I was wondering if there would be a benefit to adding leaves when making flake soil. Has anyone done that? Maybe crumple up the leaves or even put them through the wife's food processor haha then in to the next batch of flake soil.
  6. I am happy to report that, as of today, I am also a happy keeper of this line of Therea sp from India. Gifted by the Hong Kong keeper 🥰
  7. I've never used leaf litter with blaberids. I'll go throw some in.
  8. I think I'm going to order some coir mat now! Great idea
  9. Leaf litter holds moisture very well I just keep the bottom inch dark and it keeps my humidity high it's perfect I hate coir for anything I've tried it in the past and will never use it again I find it dries out easily and goes powdery and has no function or nutrition especially for Pods etc My go to perfect sub is forest floor for anything it holds moisture well it's very nutritious for anything that eats sub totally natural I use it for Roaches Pods spiders centipedes pet much everything I also like live Moss but with a good inch+ of roots (yes I know it doesn't have roots they're rhizomes) that is a fantastic moisture holder as the roots never dry out even if it's neglected for a couple of weeks and it's perfect I have a quarter to a third of the tub depending on species with love Moss How this helps SB
  10. Ive thinking about all leaf substrate for a couple months now but haven't tried it. I'm curious if you will have to put more effort/time into keeping up the humidity vs using a mix of leaves and other media. My understanding is that coco coir is useful for holding moisture. Most people don't have limitless quantities of leaf litter as an option, which I think is definitely an advantage. And rotting wood too!!
  11. Hey Warren Tbh mate it was something I noticed which then made me try an experiment I topped up the leaf litter and instead of spreading it out i left it in a pile then noticed A LOT of them on and in the pile so curious I made about a quarter of the sub (I only did one corner) with all leaf litter and that was definetly the most popular place especially for all the the smaller nymphs so I changed it all the forest floor for crushed leaf litter and they're evenly distributed again as apparently they use leaf litter cover in their natural habitat and it's also probably easier for burrowing into especially the smaller nymphs I should also mention I have basically a limitless supply of leaf litter (and rotted wood) and i tend to use it quite freely so all my Pods/MTU etc love me 🤣 I still keep the bottom inch dark by regular spraying as they also love their humidity I'd be interested in other people's thoughts/findings on this Take care SB
  12. That's interesting. I may be asking for too many nitpicking details, but what benefits do you see from using all leaf litter?
  13. Liking the progress. I was thinking of using coir matting for something similar, might have to make it stand up too!
  14. Sorry I've been MIA I'm just soooo busy ATM and don't get a minute I did a complete overhaul a few weeks ago and went through all the sub very carefully and I'm down to 1 HUGE female that's still producing lots of nymphs (I know that by the amount of new tiny ones in the sub) so I've got about 40+ can't remember exact number of various size nymphs + plus many dozens of tiny ones I didn't bother to try and catch/count as there were too many I'll try and get some pics to post when I get a minute but the colony is doing very well and I'm expecting a lot of adults very soon due to the large number of sub adults I'll update when I start getting new adults and I'll have to Rehouse from their current 40 litre to an 80 litre as I want to give any males plenty of space with lots of vertical bark I'm only using leaf litter for sub now (I was using 3/4" forest floor plus couple of inches leaf litter on top) which they seem to prefer about 3/4" crushed layer and a couple of inches whole leaf litter on the top Food apple and banana plus my fruit jelly which they prefer to the fruit Temps mid/high 80s with high humidity
  15. Hi, how's your colony coming along, have you any updated pics of the adults and nymphs please and have you noticed any uniformity of colour in them and is there much variation Cheers
  16. Set up my 90 gallon aquarium again for roaches. I'm debating moving the Blaberus sp. Honduras in here or I may put the bark roaches in there when I get them. I'd really like to put the Psuedoglomerus magnifica in there but those guys climb too well and I'd be stressed over them escaping. There is some mold doing it's thing on the palm tree frond pieces and oak logs that are in there but it'll help decompose the oak for the roaches that I have that eat it.
  17. Found these $5 Walmart fans thinking that they'd up ventilation but they turned out to be pretty loud. They move enough air for me at least.
  18. Got around to starting the vertical gravity assisted wing dropper for my Blaberus sp. Honduras. Still need to make it so it'll stand up though.
  19. I haven't been an isopod guy but these are eye catching
  20. One of the very biggest terrestrials pied (partial albino) tri-color (orange, black and white) various immatures. Adult males of this of this species have extremely long, sword-like tails (uropods).
  21. Thanks!! I'm going to test it out on some in a separate tub. I'll choose some large nymphs and see if they make it to adulthood.
  22. I got some species in a burlap bag a long time ago and they arrived fine so it can't be too harmful.
  23. I read that burlap is made of jute plants. Anyway, I was considering using it to make something for my Blaberus sp. Honduras to climb on so they can molt better and possibly get moisture from when I spray. Also I want to get some bark roaches this year and thought it might work for them as well. I bought some and have it outside on the clothesline, letting the rain clean it out for now. Anyone know if it is safe? I remember ordering dubia roaches about 10 years ago that were shipped in a burlap bag in a box. But that wasn't long term exposure.
  24. F1 is usually the offspring of wild adults, F2 is the following generation. They take 36 to 60 months to mature.
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