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#2267761 Aragarnn View Profile	Roach breeders After over a year I’m starting to run low on roaches is what it’s appearing guys! My single savannah is chowing and chowing and staying relatively thin! Starting to wonder if I needed to do a separate breeding container. How have you guys done it? Ps. Tons of baby’s but fewer and fewer adults.
05/26/12  05:20pm
#2267781 WyoHunter View Profile	Message To: Aragarnn   In reference to Message Id: 2267761  Roach breeders Ur probably getting rid of all the adult before the nymphs can grow up. Make a bigger colony.
05/26/12  08:11pm
#2267802 Aragarnn View Profile	Message To: WyoHunter   In reference to Message Id: 2267781  Roach breeders I don’t think nymphs need adults
05/26/12  10:04pm
#2267850 Mxracer View Profile	Message To: Aragarnn   In reference to Message Id: 2267802  Roach breeders If your feeding off all your adults, then thats 30 less babies a month. I would stop feeding them those roaches for a month and let your population get back up.
05/27/12  11:03am
#2267852 Aragarnn View Profile	Message To: Mxracer   In reference to Message Id: 2267850  Roach breeders I’m curious if I should do two separate tanks, thoughts? That is a good point
05/27/12  11:29am
#2267857 Krusty View Profile	Message To: Aragarnn   In reference to Message Id: 2267852  Roach breeders I only use roaches when I mess up on a holiday weekend and the cricket guy can’t get my order to me until Thursday. LOL I just don’t depend on them. I’m in Florida and can’t get 1,000 Dubias shipped to me here like most states, so I had to rely on finding the "Tampa Roach" (aka Lobsters) feral and slowly building them up. I’m pretty much blowing through 5,000 crickets a month and God knows how many mice and chicks. I sell baby Monitors to pay the feeding bills. :)
05/27/12  12:18pm
#2267860 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Aragarnn   In reference to Message Id: 2267852  Roach breeders yes you should have seperate colonies for your breeders that don’t get fed off & your feeder stock...... keep your your temps around 90 - 95 degrees farenheit have a clean water supply/water crystals keep your egg flats/colony clean from mold/mite infestation grind up their staple food(cat & dog kibble, Koi pelets etc...) for easier/faster digestion & faster growth(not wasting energy breaking down food items) feed them veggies every other day & fruit on the days in btwn for optimum growth... I raise new born Dubia nymphs to a adult breeder size in just over 3 months which usually takes 6 months
05/27/12  12:35pm
#2267891 Aragarnn View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2267860  Roach breeders Jesus Justin! But how many do you own lol? Thanks rokdog, idea of a setup (pics) would be nice. I haven’t had an issue yet but I may now. What kinds of veggies and fruits do you use?
05/27/12  04:05pm
#2267892 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Aragarnn   In reference to Message Id: 2267891  Roach breeders I have 5,000 dubia female breeders putting out at least 30,000 nymphs a month and 200 madagascar hisser breeders a much larger roach that make a good meal for savanna’s mine love apple’s, pears, oranges, carrotts, corn, watermelon, lettuce, dandilion, squash, green beans, cucumbers etc.... heres a good link as to colony set-up The Roach Hut good caresheet here; Roach CareSheet
05/27/12  04:29pm

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