Livefoods Careguides:- Black crix, "Silent" crix, Dubia and Blaberus roaches

[doherty-666]

am starting up breedin dubria roaches and i know n learnt quite alot bwt them. i was just a bit puzzled as wen do i take the adults out the inclosure??
and wt do i do wiv them??
thank u

[LoveForLizards]

Why would you take the adults out of the enclosure?! The adults stay in for breeding - except males, some of them are taken out to be fed off to stop over-crowding of males.

[doherty-666]

thankyou!
so i leave all the adults in wiv the young ones aswell, expect nt all the males stay in??
thanks again!

[dazook]

hi guys just setting up a dubia colony and was wondering...

a. Fully grown will they get to big for leo geckos...?
b. do you put them in a normal dish in the leos viv...?
c. Getting 50 nypmhs. how long will it take for these to sexually mature...?

cheers

daz

[ladybird]

What sizes of tubs are those in the silent cricket post? Those big black ones. And where do you get them?

[Saedcantas]

Originally Posted by ladybird

What sizes of tubs are those in the silent cricket post? Those big black ones. And where do you get them?

They're cold water storage tanks available in B&Q, they're around 3.5' long by I think 2' wide and 2.5' tall.

They're pretty pricey although you can happily house a tens of thousands of hatchlings or around 6-8000 adults in one

[ladybird]

What about fruit flies? I'd like some tips on how to harvest them without infesting my house. Same for how to retrieve the ones that climb to the top of the animal's cage and are out of reach

[Alex]

Just a quick question, I have a large setup of dubia, but what is the minimum they can be split into to start a colony?

[Blaptica]

This is a really good quality guide ! One question though. There appears to be lamps above the tanks. Have you measured the basking temperature ? I would guess the crickets might be able to get warmer than 30c with the lamps in place ?

[JRoss]

Amazing guide, thorough and informative.