LookinRound
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What size holes did you drill in the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket to separate the adults out from the rest?
LookinRound":isxqdteq said:What size holes did you drill in the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket to separate the adults out from the rest?
Paradon":1dl9itsz said:Very cool idea! I like it very much. It's like a home made sieve.
klm15975":1dl9itsz said:I don't know if its allowed, but upload the videos to youtube and link them here. I would be interested in watching them as I am about to order a starter colony myself. One question, why did you use the heat tape?
Thanks for the very informative post!
~K
Cowabunga":nixd77h1 said:On top of that your starter colony shold be no bigger than a 18-20gal tote and a few hundred roaches where as this is a paint in the but 50/60gal tote plus 2 20 gals and 4000+ adults with 10K+ nymphs lol...
LookinRound":xf8jxbkj said:Cowabunga":xf8jxbkj said:On top of that your starter colony shold be no bigger than a 18-20gal tote and a few hundred roaches where as this is a paint in the but 50/60gal tote plus 2 20 gals and 4000+ adults with 10K+ nymphs lol...
Why do you say no bigger then an 18-20 gal?
Paradon":2tiyd78f said:It's not that hard to heat a large bin... You can buy human heating pads at Walmart for really cheap. Plus I think they are comfortable at temperature you are comfortable. I don't use any heating and they still breed and eating heck of a lot. They gone through an entire head of green leaf lettuce yesterday. Minimum, you only need to heat up the tote to 75, 80 degree for them to eat and breed.
On a side note: I think the males travel around a lot looking for mate, but the females stay in one place. It's not a problem if you have plenty of space for them.
I don't know. I just do whatever. :lol: :wink:
Anyway, you're a genius for inventing a sieve for roaches.
kym":4brj0uyh said:Beautiful set up you have! Quick question, what kind of heating wire do you use? Is that just the reptile type you can get at the pet store? And what type of insulation and tape do you use to make it safe to go on a plastic bin. I'm not quite ready to try breeding but do need to find a safe/inexpensive way to keep my crickets warm as I live in upstate new york and its darn cold here.
Thanks so much!
LookinRound":1plr9kbe said:How do you plan on being able to easily sort the nymphs from the debri when cleaning out the tubs as time goes on?