My supers and mealworm colony
So it's time to put up or shut up ;) Here's a short video I did on my colony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGw7p1PD3BU
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And here's the video of the beetles when I separated them the other day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPpi7uzH2Yc
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Nice! What are they in(the setup)? Looks like some drawers. I've bred both before, will have to take pics when I get my setup ready. Hoping to make some profit on breeding then selling them.
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Those are great videos, very good job. Where did you get that plastic drawer system? It looks very convenient.
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Thanks guys. I picked up that drawer system at Sams Club, a warehouse club. Believe it or not, it was only like $25. I saw the same thing at Joann Fabrics and it was $80. I've been thinking about getting another. Here's a link to it on the website for the warehouse club, I didn't pay that much though....
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...330&navAction=
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How frequent you change the beetles to a new bedding?
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Now I am doing it every two weeks. I use to change the bedding when I'd see the first molts on top of the bedding. The reason I'm going to do it bi-monthly now is because I want to try and keep the size constant in each of the drawers. In about a month, my small-medium drawer will be able to be combined with my large drawers (if it still exists). By my count last night, I only have about 3k mealworms in my large drawer.
I wouldn't care much about separating them out so often if I didn't sell/give some away to friends. Most of them only want large. I'll hopefully have a need for smalls *crosses fingers* so I'll have to be able to seperate them out easily.