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 Crickets in a small container?

I was woundering if you can keep crickets in something smaller then a 5 or 10 gallon tank because I dont need a hole lot of crickets but I do need a few a day.And I was also woundering what you put on bottom of the container?(ex:soil,sand,ect..)thanks for the help.
12/02/06  08:33pm

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   Message To: Newfiekid   In reference to Message Id: 1080831


 Crickets in a small container?

I personally love cricket keepers. I don’t put anything in the bottom (they are usually there for only a week or so) I put a piece of potato in for food, however I am now feeding them cricket food to supplement them properly.
12/02/06  08:54pm

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 Crickets in a small container?

Well all depending on the amount of crickets you will be keeping. I use nothing on the bottom of my rubbermaid tank and it works good and easy to clean.
12/03/06  12:07am

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HVAC-TEK
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   Message To: Newfiekid   In reference to Message Id: 1080831


 Crickets in a small container?

When I started, i also needed very few crickets.

I used a small critter keeper which is like the cricket keepers without the built in tubing. i used no substrate because it is easier to tell the condition of the container, and makes it much easier to clean. I used toilet paper cardboard rolls for cricket hides, often rubber banding them together to prevent rolling around. I used tropical fish flakes as cricket food and flukers calcium enhanced water gel for hydration.

This worked great for me and my crickets thrived.

I tried both oatmeal and ’cream of wheat’ at one point to see if i could use what i already had on hand, but i found that i lost several crickets in those batches, so i returned to the fish flakes.

I now breed my own crickets in large rubber maid tubs also with no substrate. So you could say my cricket keeping setup has gotten more complex.

Chris
12/03/06  02:43am

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   Message To: Newfiekid   In reference to Message Id: 1080831


 Crickets in a small container?

general rule to keep in mind is 100 crickets per 10 gallons. So if you have less than that a smaller container should be fine. What I use in the bottom of mine is paper towels.. makes for an easy clean up. We use sterilite containers 58 qt. from Wal-Mart, but then again, we breed crickets and usually have a lot on hand. The only time that you will need soil or sand is if you are planning to breed.
12/03/06  01:58pm


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