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<blockquote data-quote="G300" data-source="post: 183493" data-attributes="member: 32063"><p>Hi in your situation you should definitely start a runner colony and if you dont use any extra heat (ie heat mat etc) providing its at least 70' they will still breed just slower but if you go up to 85/90 they will explode in growth (but i would consider using heat and selling your excess runners) not sure how big your Ts are so dont know if you need nymphs or adults but if possible i would feed off any excess males as you only need a 1 to 5 male to female ratio (they are usually sold 50/50 males females) and you can use substrate or not i personally use a layer of bran with vertically stacked egg crates on top and a space at one end for dishes of dry food which i always have available and water crystals also always available and i use mostly oranges and butternut squash or sometimes apples every other day and i never spray as i find the fruit/veg and water crystals maintain suitable humidity for shedding and hatching they are very easy to keep/breed and i find mine have no smell tho none of my colonies smell and i have large colonies of Dubias/Runners/Lobsters/Nivea/sp Giant (the bigger nivea) so good luck with your colony and remember when your deciding how many to start with they have to lay the ootheca then they have to hatch so your looking at possible 3 months before seeing nymphs especially without heat (consider using heat till established then remove it to slow the breeding) personally id go with at least 10m/50f to start</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="G300, post: 183493, member: 32063"] Hi in your situation you should definitely start a runner colony and if you dont use any extra heat (ie heat mat etc) providing its at least 70' they will still breed just slower but if you go up to 85/90 they will explode in growth (but i would consider using heat and selling your excess runners) not sure how big your Ts are so dont know if you need nymphs or adults but if possible i would feed off any excess males as you only need a 1 to 5 male to female ratio (they are usually sold 50/50 males females) and you can use substrate or not i personally use a layer of bran with vertically stacked egg crates on top and a space at one end for dishes of dry food which i always have available and water crystals also always available and i use mostly oranges and butternut squash or sometimes apples every other day and i never spray as i find the fruit/veg and water crystals maintain suitable humidity for shedding and hatching they are very easy to keep/breed and i find mine have no smell tho none of my colonies smell and i have large colonies of Dubias/Runners/Lobsters/Nivea/sp Giant (the bigger nivea) so good luck with your colony and remember when your deciding how many to start with they have to lay the ootheca then they have to hatch so your looking at possible 3 months before seeing nymphs especially without heat (consider using heat till established then remove it to slow the breeding) personally id go with at least 10m/50f to start [/QUOTE]
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