Ventilation Questions

[BeetleShelf]

Hi everyone! I have 5 small colonies right now, all with a heat gradient of 70F to 82F. Their tubs fog up pretty bad, and I only have ventilation on the top of the lid.

I heard that cross ventilation is really important for roaches, is this true? Do I need to redo the ventilation on all my tubs?

- Spencer

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

Hi everyone! I have 5 small colonies right now, all with a heat gradient of 70F to 82F. Their tubs fog up pretty bad, and I only have ventilation on the top of the lid.

I heard that cross ventilation is really important for roaches, is this true? Do I need to redo the ventilation on all my tubs?

- Spencer

It depends which species you have. My hissers have had ventilation on only the lid for many months and do fine. 

 

[Hisserdude]

Totally depends on the species, but seeing as your enclosures are fogging up quite a bit, I'd probably add at least a small amount of cross ventilation to the tubs...