Silverback Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Feeding my Lurida colony and actually managed to snatch a pic of an adult (normally buried) and the sub is now heaving with new nymphs so a colony explosion at last but it's taken a while but things noticeably improved when I upped temps to 90 ish as all other parameters stayed the same Cheeky nymph photo bombing top right corner SB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverback Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Nymphs are growing very fast and I've noticed several mature females which is probably why I've had the population explosion So Hisserdude suggested upping the temp which has had a dramatic effect on breeding and it was the only parameter that was changed so to anyone out there struggling to get their Lurida colony going up your temp to 90 ish And the nymphs love my high protein dry food they're never out the dish which I'm crediting for the fast growth much faster than the last nymphs so it will be interesting to see the time to maturity compared to the previous nymphs with the higher temp high protein SB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Glad to see they're doing better now that they're warmer! Hope they keep breeding well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverback Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Thanks mate and temp seems to be a major factor with a lot of insects I'd obviously increased it just not enough but I always give credit where it's due Not Roach related but I've found my pods breed very fast and I keep them much warmer than the normal accepted temp ranges I initially did it with my klugii and they exploded so then I tried it with others and it definetly works so I'm not a subscriber to the low temp pod keeping advice group SB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 11 hours ago, Silverback said: Thanks mate and temp seems to be a major factor with a lot of insects I'd obviously increased it just not enough but I always give credit where it's due Not Roach related but I've found my pods breed very fast and I keep them much warmer than the normal accepted temp ranges I initially did it with my klugii and they exploded so then I tried it with others and it definetly works so I'm not a subscriber to the low temp pod keeping advice group SB Yeah most isopods actually seem to handle higher heat pretty well, BUT a lot of them need a high amount of ventilation to thrive in warmer environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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