VENTILATING MY BEETLE COLONY - ODOR CONTROL

This last year we have kept my colonies in a small, closet size room. The boxes have passive ventilation and the room is heated, cooled and humidified as needed, it also has it's own ventilation setup. This has worked decently but it is not what is needed.

We are now in the construction phase of the new, in box, mechanical ventilation system.

No more dermestid frass odor, no skull smells, no more humidity spikes...life is good at the bug farm!

The system will be set up for at least 3 colonies with room to add more, low flow air exchanges and that type of system will not create health problems for my bugs -unlike the bath fan for a freezer which dries out eggs and small larvae. That kind of air movement is like being in a 10 mile an hour wind, nasty living condition even for a beetle!  I am so pleased...of course, I tend to be easily pleased.

After we get this thing built and installed we plan on making the information on construction and the math to gage sizes of piping and other components available. More on that later.