id advise against that never know whats been built up in the pipes, id recomend distilled water or if your lucky enough to have a reverse osmosis system then thats the best option, either of those or what i do is just leave the water in a jug open for 2 days so the chemicals have time to...
id be very careful if your feeding him supers only that has potential to cause some problems with chitin buildup in the organs, id suggest that you take him off everything for a while day then re introduce either the dubias or the crickets
if its all white and the poop is a nice brown then your hydration seems to be good , it sounds like a good looking poop to me but the senior members can weigh in on this subject
probably best to leave him alone for a week at least, let him get used to his new surroundings just make sure u put foor in there for him and let him be.
with the shaf drainage is massively key to it surviving organic dirst/sand mix with hydro balls u can get from any hydroponic store use then in the bottom then your organic soil/sand mix on top of the hydroballs should be sufficent, your in the Uk ic so are u using an all glass enclosure??
for me i just printed off the list and went to this huge year round nursery we have here wondered through with my list until i found something that fit my needs and looked good , id recomend hibicus due to the gorgeous flowers they produce , but there a pain to take care of might need a plant...
the reason i say hydration id that he heads right to the soil during misting ? seems like hes waiting for the soil to collect water so he can eat it to drink so to speak
well for me i dont have an option i leave for work at 6:30 am and am gone all day so i have to put the feeders in the cup in cage long before lights come on hes just chooses to eat them whenever he wants so far ive had no trouble
i run mine off an external timer and it works fine i set the time dial on the unit all the way to the left then let the external timer do all the work i set the timer for 5 min every four hours it translates to about 4 mins of misting but the monsoon has to go of twice in that five mins
well from other posts ive seen peoples chams have done this for hydration, do you have a dripper running all day or anything like that or do u rely on misting only for hydration ? also how long are u misting for ?