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<blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 174655" data-attributes="member: 3872"><p>Updated my process to segregate hatchlings to feed tiny slings.</p><p></p><p>I harvest some of the oothecas and put them in snack cups with substrate until the hatch. The ooths take about 3-4 weeks to hatch, but I don't harvest them the moment they drop so it's a crap shoot.</p><p></p><p>Once they hatch I corral the hatchlings into similar cups with substrate and raise then separately from the main colony. As they grow into nymphs, I put new hatchlings into new cups to keep them separated by size.</p><p>This way I have nymphs of all different sizes to feed to all my different size slings. </p><p></p><p>This seems like more work but it's easier than trying to gather the right size nymph from the main colony. Obviously I don't pull all the oothecas from the colony so there are hatchlings and nymphs if all different sizes growing in the colony to keep it going.</p><p></p><p>Ooth cups, no order, nothing to manage</p><p>[ATTACH=full]46775[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Batch cups</p><p>[ATTACH=full]46774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Depending on how many hatch out in each batch determines how many cups I have here, separated by size. I feed out from these cups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="octanejunkie, post: 174655, member: 3872"] Updated my process to segregate hatchlings to feed tiny slings. I harvest some of the oothecas and put them in snack cups with substrate until the hatch. The ooths take about 3-4 weeks to hatch, but I don't harvest them the moment they drop so it's a crap shoot. Once they hatch I corral the hatchlings into similar cups with substrate and raise then separately from the main colony. As they grow into nymphs, I put new hatchlings into new cups to keep them separated by size. This way I have nymphs of all different sizes to feed to all my different size slings. This seems like more work but it's easier than trying to gather the right size nymph from the main colony. Obviously I don't pull all the oothecas from the colony so there are hatchlings and nymphs if all different sizes growing in the colony to keep it going. Ooth cups, no order, nothing to manage [ATTACH type="full"]46775[/ATTACH] Batch cups [ATTACH type="full"]46774[/ATTACH] Depending on how many hatch out in each batch determines how many cups I have here, separated by size. I feed out from these cups. [/QUOTE]
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