Hey y’all, so I sort of impulse bought these guys today. I’m definitely not new to inverts as I have around \~50 tarantulas and true spiders, but I’ve never kept death beetles before, despite lusting after them for years now. 

There’s 2 of them, sex undetermined. Everything pictured here is just stuff I had laying around the house and I’m more than happy to get anything else that’s needed tomorrow. 

Okay, so it’s a 7.5 gallon glass enclosure with a metal mesh lid. I have a heat emitter on it currently but was planning on picking up an actual heat bulb tomorrow. I also have a thermostat set up with the hot side to hit 95° (it’s still heating up in the pic, please excuse). I was planning on hitting the sand with a temp gun when everything heats up to make sure the sand isn’t too hot. Is there a specific surface temp I’m aiming for/ should avoid? I also made 2 different burrows for them with cork bark. Is that enough? I thought I had more spider wood laying around but apparently not, will the rocks work as climbing enrichment or do they need the wood to climb? Substrate is just play sand. I was thinking about mixing it with reptisoil, but don’t know if that’s necessary/ even advisable. 

Any input would be greatly appreciated! 

How does this enclosure look?