Nice enclosure. I was trying to find a good example to follow, and you seem to be one of the best around. One question though, what is that brown spongy looking thing on the left side?
Hello! I just received a question about this, and thought it would be a good video to make! Unfortunately I'm probably a few months away from cleaning to make that video, but in the meantime, the answer is- You clean it when it needs to be cleaned! While I put an inch or two of substrate down, the beetles will 'make' their own substrate with molted skins and frass. Some say the deeper the frass, the better, but after 6 inches or so there is no benefit. So, essentially, once there is 6 inches of solid beetle poop, it's time for a change out. Cleaning can be really simple, or really complicated, depending on what percentage of your colony you want to save. There are always hidden larva and eggs in the old substrate so if you just throw it out you'll lose a lot of potential workers.
Great question! My colony is a mixture of Dermestes maculatus and Dermestes ater. When I did this video they were pretty much 50/50, but the maculatus out compete the ater, so now it's more like 95/5.
@@FlockensNekroparlor I'm studying all the family Dermestidae and right now I'm breeding Dermestes ater, Trogoderma sp. and in the past I had in bredding Dermestes undulatus, Dermestes frischii, Attagenus smirnovi... they're really curious! Nice videos!
I just created an enclosure very similar to this one. One question I do have is what settings do you use for your humidity regulator. I have an Inkbird humidity regulator and haven’t quite figured it out yet.
Over 50% and you can run into condensation or mite issues. I keep mine under 40% to be safe. Also, under 10-15% and your meat and beetles will dehydrate a lot faster. Your beetles will eat eggs for their moisture, and under 10% the eggs will dessicate completely leaving you with large generation gaps. I live in a desert so low humidity is one that I struggle with. Unfortunately I don't have any sort of automatic humidifier connected to the humidistat, so I just have to manually water or mist when I notice that it's low.
@@FlockensNekroparlor thank you! Very helpful knowledge. Loved your setup so much I created one like it. Do you have any videos or knowledge on degreasing skulls?
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Hey brother question for you. When the fan turns on to cool down the inside does that break the seal of the freezer?
The freezer is not sealed because of the two slightly insulated holes. When the fan blows air in, some blows out the hole on the other side.
We are getting into beetles wondering where u got ur fans and coverings for them
Sorry I missed this reply! Hope this helps: imgur.com/gallery/CavW3z0
Very interesting! Great videos!
Appreciate it brother 👊👊💀☠
Mate do you have a video on how to clean the tank and how do u stop them from Getting out of freezer
Nice enclosure. I was trying to find a good example to follow, and you seem to be one of the best around. One question though, what is that brown spongy looking thing on the left side?
That's a chunk of cork bark. I discuss different nesting materials in my "How to: Pupation Chamber" video.
Hey there! I'm wondering how or if you clean the freezer, and if so, how often?
Hello! I just received a question about this, and thought it would be a good video to make! Unfortunately I'm probably a few months away from cleaning to make that video, but in the meantime, the answer is-
You clean it when it needs to be cleaned! While I put an inch or two of substrate down, the beetles will 'make' their own substrate with molted skins and frass. Some say the deeper the frass, the better, but after 6 inches or so there is no benefit. So, essentially, once there is 6 inches of solid beetle poop, it's time for a change out.
Cleaning can be really simple, or really complicated, depending on what percentage of your colony you want to save. There are always hidden larva and eggs in the old substrate so if you just throw it out you'll lose a lot of potential workers.
@@FlockensNekroparlor so interesting! Thank you for your response. I'm looking forward to the video, thanks!
Hi! Excuse me, maybe I didn't seen that in this video and in another videos... what kind of species are they? Thanks!
Great question! My colony is a mixture of Dermestes maculatus and Dermestes ater. When I did this video they were pretty much 50/50, but the maculatus out compete the ater, so now it's more like 95/5.
@@FlockensNekroparlor I'm studying all the family Dermestidae and right now I'm breeding Dermestes ater, Trogoderma sp. and in the past I had in bredding Dermestes undulatus, Dermestes frischii, Attagenus smirnovi... they're really curious!
Nice videos!
@@antbully967 for this hobby, maculatus is the most efficient and used by professionals to really get the job done.
I just created an enclosure very similar to this one. One question I do have is what settings do you use for your humidity regulator. I have an Inkbird humidity regulator and haven’t quite figured it out yet.
Over 50% and you can run into condensation or mite issues. I keep mine under 40% to be safe.
Also, under 10-15% and your meat and beetles will dehydrate a lot faster. Your beetles will eat eggs for their moisture, and under 10% the eggs will dessicate completely leaving you with large generation gaps.
I live in a desert so low humidity is one that I struggle with. Unfortunately I don't have any sort of automatic humidifier connected to the humidistat, so I just have to manually water or mist when I notice that it's low.
@@FlockensNekroparlor thank you! Very helpful knowledge. Loved your setup so much I created one like it. Do you have any videos or knowledge on degreasing skulls?
@@huntbyfaith2392 in the works!
How long will it take for 600 beetles to clean a deer skull
Months.
Which model of GoPro do you use for the timelapse videos?
I just got my first colony today. Started with 2k beetles. Just curious if you know about how many beetles you have?
This colony introduced to the freezer over a year ago consisted of 2 colonies of 2k each.
How did ya wire the lights in there?
Check out the imgur album in the description 🙂
@@FlockensNekroparlor okay, thanks!
What did you spread on the bottom?
Aspen shavings.
@@FlockensNekroparlor thank you 😊
How do you beetle proof your fans?
Follow the imgur link in the description, and you can see the step-by-step for the whole build.