Bug colony misting?

[snitz427]

For those who automated misting their bug colonies, Im curious how long/often you mist and what species. Im thinking of adding a mistking to the bug rack, which hosts roaches, grasshoppers, sticks, snails, mantids and isopods.

 

[cyberlocc]

For those who automated misting their bug colonies, Im curious how long/often you mist and what species. Im thinking of adding a mistking to the bug rack, which hosts roaches, grasshoppers, sticks, snails, mantids and isopods.

been using same schedule as panther, thats flooding the cages so I only turn it on every few days.

 

[snitz427]

Yea that would create a flood heh. The hoppers and sticks aren’t bioactive as its too hard to manage the eggs. I was thinking a morning and night misting of a few seconds... maybe 5-10. Enough to increase humidity and and offer a drink w/o flooding. For the tropical roaches I was thinking of keeping the lid a bit more enclosed so the soil doesnt dry out too quickly.

 

[cyberlocc]

Yea that would create a flood heh. The hoppers and sticks aren’t bioactive as its too hard to manage the eggs. I was thinking a morning and night misting of a few seconds... maybe 5-10. Enough to increase humidity and and offer a drink w/o flooding. For the tropical roaches I was thinking of keeping the lid a bit more enclosed so the soil doesn't dry out too quickly.

Why do you have to "Manage" the eggs? The sticks surely could hatch in the bio, and the crickets/hoppers, shouldn't be misted at all anyway, even bio for them is dry eco earth and wet laybins.


All my tanks are bio, but they have 1-3" soil, so the misting is too much for them. The panther has 8 inch soil, so it's misted alot lol. Even my beetles who have 5 inch soil, their soil is special and doesn't drain well, so it gets soggy with too much water.

I planned on setting up more solenoids on my mister, so I can run different cycles and was thinking of 1 min morning and 1 at night.

 

[snitz427]

Why do you have to "Manage" the eggs? The sticks surely could hatch in the bio, and the crickets/hoppers, shouldn't be misted at all anyway, even bio for them is dry eco earth and wet laybins.


All my tanks are bio, but they have 1-3" soil, so the misting is too much for them. The panther has 8 inch soil, so it's misted alot lol. Even my beetles who have 5 inch soil, their soil is special and doesn't drain well, so it gets soggy with too much water.

I planned on setting up more solenoids on my mister, so I can run different cycles and was thinking of 1 min morning and 1 at night.

I thought about solenoids, too, since not everyone needs to be misted so often. The hoppers drink when i mist the screen so I figured it cant hurt. But if so, maybe I just set the mister to “drip” over their lay bins? Just let them get moisture from food?

The problem with the sticks is I got TOO many. I had them in bio setups originally. Then my viets absolutely exploded, and even splitting them into two cages will prob be too crowded when they get a little larger . My other sticks didnt do well, I dont think i kept them humid enough. Still a work in progress, but i’d recommend viets to anyone asking!

Do you keep hoppers @cyberlocc ? I have american bird hoppers, and was recommended to keep them around 85-90 at the basking area. Ive only had them for about a week or so. No mating or egg laying yet (theyre adults), but they seem otherwise happy. They tend to chill on the roof in the warmest areas, or under the uvb coil (added to see how they respond). 2 deep, moist laybins and 2 diff heights, and lots of sticks to climb on.

 

[snitz427]

Oh and Im misting very lightly right now... hand misting as fine as I can get it, for just a few seconds morning and night.

 

[cyberlocc]

I thought about solenoids, too, since not everyone needs to be misted so often. The hoppers drink when i mist the screen so I figured it cant hurt. But if so, maybe I just set the mister to “drip” over their lay bins? Just let them get moisture from food?

The problem with the sticks is I got TOO many. I had them in bio setups originally. Then my viets absolutely exploded, and even splitting them into two cages will prob be too crowded when they get a little larger . My other sticks didnt do well, I dont think i kept them humid enough. Still a work in progress, but i’d recommend viets to anyone asking!

Do you keep hoppers @cyberlocc ? I have american bird hoppers, and was recommended to keep them around 85-90 at the basking area. Ive only had them for about a week or so. No mating or egg laying yet (theyre adults), but they seem otherwise happy. They tend to chill on the roof in the warmest areas, or under the uvb coil (added to see how they respond). 2 deep, moist laybins and 2 diff heights, and lots of sticks to climb on.

I don't have hoppers, thought about getting them and when I was looking into them I had read they don't want high humidity or being wet. The videos of breeding I seen said to keep most the Viv dry, and breeding bins wet.

So that's what I was going by.