Dubia Roach Colony - Recently Cleaned

[madavies65]

Hi All, I wold just like to share with you a few pics of my roach colony. I had a recent clean out of them, and I now have 2 bins...

Roach Tub 1
Females = 96
Male = 20


Roach Tub 2
Female = 91
Male = 20

I took out a load of juvies and babies which i am keeping as feeders...



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[h0ndap0w3r]

very nice

 

[LittleRob]

very nice how many did you start off with and how long have you had your colonies?

 

[madavies65]

very nice how many did you start off with and how long have you had your colonies?

Thanks!

I started off with 50 adults in August si they have been going for 5-6 months, but I have had to feed out of them. I have decided to leave one tub alone and only use the other tub now... I have around 500-1000 babies and juvies I can be feeding with at moment so they should get a rest!

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

damn that woulda been a better idea, just buy a buncha adult pairs and go from there. I on the other hand started with 125 mixed dubia, and it took about 6 months to get to where one of your bins is. it took 3 months to double in size to around 300+, now im not sure how many i have since i only counted the adults. Such a large time investment. . . .

 

[madavies65]

damn that woulda been a better idea, just buy a buncha adult pairs and go from there. I on the other hand started with 125 mixed dubia, and it took about 6 months to get to where one of your bins is. it took 3 months to double in size to around 300+, now im not sure how many i have since i only counted the adults. Such a large time investment. . . .

I got a lot of mixed roaches too! The babies of these i fed to Nim, the rest grew up! But with these guys its always a waiting game isnt it? So in 3 months hopefully I will have a population explosion? Will just have to resist looking in on them and feeding from them!

Hmmm will see how that goes!

 

[diggerdrake]

hard to resist looking in and even harder to not feed from them. especially if you want to be rid of crix as a feeder