How often would you..?

[mynewturtle]

I have about 75-100 superworm beetles with many egg crates in there. I'm wondering to get the best hatch rate how often would you sift them? I'm sifting mine every week and getting pretty small amounts. Just wanting to hear others suggestions.

 

[Vamp523]

I just wait until I see a bunch of mealies in there then I change all beetle out of it

 

[mynewturtle]

I already have a good sized colony of mealies, I'm talking about superworms.

 

[Vamp523]

Same thing I'd do for superworm, unless the beetle dont get enough moisture they should'nt start eating the superworm... the only problem I ever had was superworm eating the beetle actually, I've had 4 beetles died cause the worm ate the legs of the beetle then work their way into the body, horrible things. If you got about 100 beetle in there you should have ALOT of worms. I've kept mine with only 10-12 beetle for the last month or so and I'd say I got about 200-300 worms in there. Adding more beetle now though since they're dying