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It's a pretty great feed for birds, but I have some concerns about the vitamin ratios as a regular part of a gutload for roaches and crickets.

I've been considering working up a mix based off of this non-gmo layer feed I buy by the ton for my chickens and turkeys. Maybe using a percentage of this mixed with other ingredients to balance it out as a dry gutload. Gimme a sec and I'll post the indredients and maybe you can tell me what you...

That is a lot. What are you using for your dry gutload? Ironically I think the fresh fruit & veg will be easy to keep up with. I eat this stuff all the time and throw away more than I'd care to admit. Right now I'm using repashy's bug burger but I don't think that's going to be reasonably...

My guy isn't big enough to eat the adults. Maybe 3/4" roaches tops. I can conceivably continue to buy large batches to bolster the colony through the establishment period, but it's absolutely crazy to pay pet shop prices for roaches. When you say eat A LOT, what are we talking here? cuz greens...

Ok, so roaches have doubled in price around here. I'm in for keeping a colony. I'd love any advice on where to order and what to get. Looking at the Dubideli just because it's the first place I found that has them in stock and available. Would be happy to support forum members or sponsors if...

VA is for Cham lovers But I'm not a breeder...

I think it would work great for that! It will interfere with your drawer action somewhat, but turned out to not be that big a deal for me. If you do it, I'd be interested to hear how it works out for you.

Thanks. :-) I was pleased with it. Hope it helps somebody out. I would probably try it with any plastic tray. Worst case scenario it just doesn't bend, right?? I also cut a little screen circle to lay in there so the snacks don't fall through and drown.

Diycages substrate tray is what I used.

Yes - you got it. We got the idea from using the same technique to bend pvc pipe.

I am sorry I didn't take any pictures of the mold. But it was just four triangles with the tips cut off in the center, and propped on 2x or something we had around at the edges...

Also you may want to use a thermometer for your sand. There was a lot of moisture in mine and it stalled for a considerable amount of time before it started to climb, due to evaporative cooling.

The bulkhead is just epoxied to the bottom. I could have run it through, but I didn't want the water pooling around the lipof the bulkhead.

Here is the tray... not sure if you can see the slope in the picture. It doesn't take a ton of fall, maybe an inch...

So.... I tried this great trick and it worked like a charm. I heated play sand in trays in my oven @ 400 degrees. I built a plywood mold to create the slope I wanted in my drainage tray. I lined the tray with foil,poured the hot sand onto the tray and weighted the drain spot with a full mason...

Which model solar meter are you guys measuring with?

Whoops sorry for the double post. You get the idea

https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/is-uvb-10-harmful.128206/#post-1121612

https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/is-uvb-10-harmful.128206/#post-1121612

I got the Arcadia 6% double fixture wth a 6500K bulb for the plants as well. I'm happy with it. The 12% is designed more for desert animals, or very heavily planted tanks. To be honest, I think you can use the 12% as long as you have enough shade AND temperature gradient for them to dodge the...