Dubia Breeder setup

rpaine · May 15, 2017

Hey guys & gals

Trying to work on my dubia breeders. I have a 20 gallon high aquarium and a big plastic tub I can use. I would prefer to use the aquarium but the cleaner beetles, and I would assume the dubias can climb the corners on the aquarium sealant. Is there a way to prevent this because if they get out the wife is 86'ing the breeding

ALso I haven't seen any sign of breeding since I moved them to the tub.
-Ralph

CooperDragon · May 16, 2017

The aquarium should be fine. I use a 20g long with a mesh top for my colony and it hasn't been a problem. I've never seen them climbing the sides or sealant. A big plastic tub will work too if you cut a nice big hole in the top and screen it off for ventilation.

There is a good article about setting up a colony here https://www.southtexasdragons.com/dubia-roaches.html

rpaine · May 16, 2017

CooperDragon":3v4b30ne said:
The aquarium should be fine. I use a 20g long with a mesh top for my colony and it hasn't been a problem. I've never seen them climbing the sides or sealant. A big plastic tub will work too if you cut a nice big hole in the top and screen it off for ventilation.

There is a good article about setting up a colony here https://www.southtexasdragons.com/dubia-roaches.html

Could you post a picture of your setup? Anyone else that has a good established colony of Dubia I would be interested in your setups as well. I am willing to invest a bit in establishing the colony but I need to keep my cost for establishing the colony and this months feeders under $100 if at all possible. Currently feeding 1 beardie (approx. 4-5 months old) , a veiled chameleon I would say 2-3 months old and a Leopard Gecko (about 3-4 months old). My goal is to produce enough feeders for these 3 monthly. Once colony begins to produce more than that I am looking at supplying local pet shop & herpers

CooperDragon · May 17, 2017

This is my main colony with a MegaRay heat projector hanging above the housing side.

I just recently split some of them off to form a second colony and am using a rubbermaid bin with a hole cut in the top and screened off. Combo of egg crates and cardboard tubes for housing. So far they seem to be doing just fine at room temperature without any artificial heating.

jayce82 · May 19, 2017

for one if you don't keep them in a dark room or closet they are not going to breed nearly as fast. secondly room tr.p is going to have same effect. the bin needs to be between 83 and 90* for them to produce.

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