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 Fish gravel in a cricket tank

Is it out to have aquarium rocks as the substrate in my breeding tank for cricks?Im new to breeding them so idk i have the dirt in a 6 by 6 by 2in container but are the rocks ok?
03/11/08  02:55pm

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 Fish gravel in a cricket tank

Yeah if you want, But if you want eggs, don’t put any substrate in it except in a little dish.
03/11/08  07:35pm

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 Fish gravel in a cricket tank

i have dirt in a little dish in there as well so should i take out the rocks or are they ok to be in along with the dirt container
03/11/08  08:49pm

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 Fish gravel in a cricket tank

????? anyone?
03/15/08  01:14pm

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 Fish gravel in a cricket tank

You Don’t need any substrate in your cricket enclosure. That mean no rock, no soil, no sand, no Eco Earth coconut substarte. Why you might ask?
1)Well althought it give it a more natural atmosphere, when it’s time to clean up the enclosure it’s going to get messy.
2)If the substrate get wet then there might be a chances that mold can grow and harm your crickets.
3)Your adults Female will lay her eggs in the substarte.
4)You have to spend more money to buy new substarte once you get rid of the old ones.

Well that just my opion althought some people might like to have substrate in their enclosure so you can go either way.

To answer your question if you want to breed your crickets then take all of the substarte in your enclosure out. Get a small plastic tubberware and fill it with moist substrate and leave it inside the enclosure. Once you observe your cricket laying her egg inside the tubberware’s substrate for a couple of day then you can take it out and put the tubberware into a empty enclosure and keep the temperature around 90F and alway keep the tubberware’s substarte moist by daily misting it. Make sure to use clear packing tape and tape around the top of your enclosure because Pinheads (baby crickets) can escape.
In a week or 2 at most you will start seeing pinheads



03/15/08  09:37pm


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