Roachman26
Seventh Instar
I had about 15 to 20 very small babies. They are several weeks old and don't appear to be growing or molting. I'm finding the occasional tiny little dead body, so they aren't being eaten. They seem to be slowly dying off. The adults all appear to be fine. They've got water crystals in a lid. I see the tiny babies crawling in and out of the crystals, so they have access to water and they aren't drowning. Food is dry dog kibble, aquatic turtle sticks and various produce items. 18 gal. tub is clean and dry, except after I mist it daily. Then its moist on the bottom of the lid and sides, but it doesn't pool on the bottom. No substrate. The colony that these came from has no substrate either. Just newspaper on the bottom. Room temp. is now staying in the low to mid-eighties. I also have hissers and dubia under these same conditions and they are flourishing with no molting or growing issues of any kind. I also have B. fusca and B. discoidalis, but these are all older nymphs so no breeding yet. The fusca and discoid nymphs have been molting and growing really well. Any ideas? I'm very inexperienced with everything except the hissers, which I've had absolutely trouble free for many years. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
