chipyluna
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Hi All
My tank which is an Exo Terra Medium short came with one of those polystyrene backgrounds which looks like rock, which is lovely, just meal worms who manage to escape from a proper worm dish do tend to venture towards the back of the tank, I clean the tank weekly and spot check through out the week, but I could hear this faint scratching noise, and it was driving me bonkers and if it was doing that to me I did wonder what it was doing to my little girl, so I pulled this background forward out of its snug place in the tank to see a beetle was in there, how it got there I have no idea as I pull this thing out frequently???? Anyway I removed it and then within a couple of days I heard it again...... This time I pulled the whole thing from the tank to discover little holes in one corner as I shook it a beetle came tumbling out, yep the meal worm escapees had borrowed into the polystyrene and set up base camp in there, by the sound of there was a couple left in there, and I can imagine a maze of tunnels, so I have decided to throw the thing out, as the noise was annoying and having to clean up this black stuff, remnants of the borrowing. Anyone else got the same kinda background had the same issues, would be interesting to hear.
Charlotte
My tank which is an Exo Terra Medium short came with one of those polystyrene backgrounds which looks like rock, which is lovely, just meal worms who manage to escape from a proper worm dish do tend to venture towards the back of the tank, I clean the tank weekly and spot check through out the week, but I could hear this faint scratching noise, and it was driving me bonkers and if it was doing that to me I did wonder what it was doing to my little girl, so I pulled this background forward out of its snug place in the tank to see a beetle was in there, how it got there I have no idea as I pull this thing out frequently???? Anyway I removed it and then within a couple of days I heard it again...... This time I pulled the whole thing from the tank to discover little holes in one corner as I shook it a beetle came tumbling out, yep the meal worm escapees had borrowed into the polystyrene and set up base camp in there, by the sound of there was a couple left in there, and I can imagine a maze of tunnels, so I have decided to throw the thing out, as the noise was annoying and having to clean up this black stuff, remnants of the borrowing. Anyone else got the same kinda background had the same issues, would be interesting to hear.
Charlotte