I've always heard that roaches will stop producing if its over crowded. I know mine slowed down when I took the heat off, but not much..they've never outgrown their enclosure though, but I do feed females if there seem to be too many adults. @kormath I spray my lats maybe once a month, like all my roaches. I always have nymphs everywhere. I've noticed they like to stick the ooths to the egg crates. Do yours do that?
My dubia don't get watered(sprayed)much, but every couple days when I open the tank to feed and water, the lid n sides are lightly dripping water all around, guessing from the veggies and large water crystals bowl evaporating from the heat. Maybe that's my secret weapon, that I did by accident, lol.
Lol yea. It's been practicing a lot, so it's good at it.
i have a sterlite storage container with a latching lid, holes drilled in the top and along the sides at the top all around. put the food on one end the water gel on the other, typically 2 egg crates just laying in there, the container isn't tall enough to stand them up. Maybe i need taller containers so i can stand them up?
I cut the egg crate squares in half, then stand 6 up, end to end and spot glue them together. That way they hold. Also, it's like a roach motel with many floors, so they're off the floor and not crushing each other.sorry it's the busy time of year here at my work and with my laptop down and school getting out i haven't had much time to read the boards.
I pick the ooths out of the egg crates when i see them, i thought that may be pulling the moisture from them. I feed them veggies when i can remember, usually their hydration is water gel. they eat a mix of dog food, fish food, and dubia food i got from a previous order before i had the dog food and fish food available. I keep the enclosures clean, usually change them out every week or so. A lot of my cleaning crew grew up and flew away, so if i don't clean weekly they start to smell.
I use a mesh thing i got from one of the dubia places online to hold the watergel. Should i mist them every so often or change that out to a dish of some type, like a shallow lid so they can climb in and out. Maybe that would slow down the evaporation of the gel and keep a bit more moisture in?
Mine are setup lazy style
Yes once it's glued all together, I pick it up, and shake it above a plastic bin so they fall out and pick out some feeders for my Ts. Whatever I don't feed off just gets put back in with the others
I grind my dog food but they can eat it regular as well. I give carrots and occasionally apples, a dish of dog food, and a small spray once every week or two, away from the dry food. When you feed veggies, take them out after a few days if there's any left. Lats breed very fast, but with only 50, you shouldn't feed any for several months so they can multiply
The only thing I suggest is not to use any substrate. You will want to clean the container out every few months or so, and you'll want to take the roaches out, and dump the rest in the trash. You're gonna dump ur substrate out too. Not to mention they'll dig under it, and they'll b harder to find. Holes are needed on top of the container for ventilation. They like it dark...especially to breed, so I suggest getting a non clear bin, or covering ur clear bin with something to make it dark. They'll drink a lot of water gel, so u may need to buy more. A few pieces of dog food is "ok", but you wanna buy roach chow, and feed fresh Grier n veggies once a week or so. Good luck. They're roaches.......they can survive anything, so you'll b ok, but to get em to breed, try what I wrote......oh yea, and they like it nice n warm
Your setup is fine
No prob. Good luck. Roach chow is cheap on eBay. U can get like 5 pounds for $12 or so. A cheap heat pad under the container will give them plenty of heat but if u can't get one, u can maybe keep em in the room with the furnace, or washer/dryer since those areas tend to b warmer. Just a thought. They can climb if they want so what I do is run a layer of packing tape around the inside top of the container. They slide off that tape n can't climb it.
That's why i use a clear container, they can't climb those. I just put it in the closet to keep it dark and it's a bit warmer on the top shelf in there.
