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Ok so now that I cut my dubia colony down to a couple-few thousand I am thinking of switching from aspen to no substrate. This will take some time as I will have to pick all the tiny babies out one by one Just like the tedious cleaning process every 2-3 months. My questions are:
Do some of the nymphs and/or adults die if they happen to fall over onto their backs? They arent the most graceful and like to burrow vs climb, and I worry that they are going to get turned over and not be able to get turned back?
Do they breed just as effeciently without substrate?
Should I fill the entire plastic container with egg crates and feed them on top of the crates? Or leave a small portion of the floor open for feeding?
Do any of you have pictures of your setups without substrate?
Any help, opinions, suggestions you can offer would be great. Thanks, Lindsay
ps. In case I dont get the courage to go to no substrate, mostly in fear of them not reproducing as much. Is there a better substrate, easier substrate then aspen?
Do some of the nymphs and/or adults die if they happen to fall over onto their backs? They arent the most graceful and like to burrow vs climb, and I worry that they are going to get turned over and not be able to get turned back?
Do they breed just as effeciently without substrate?
Should I fill the entire plastic container with egg crates and feed them on top of the crates? Or leave a small portion of the floor open for feeding?
Do any of you have pictures of your setups without substrate?
Any help, opinions, suggestions you can offer would be great. Thanks, Lindsay
ps. In case I dont get the courage to go to no substrate, mostly in fear of them not reproducing as much. Is there a better substrate, easier substrate then aspen?