I am going to start a roach colony and I want to try to make a self-sorting one. My idea is basically this:
-Start with a garbage can (like one of the big round gray ones)
-Put a piece of the plastic eggcrate (white plastic grating) about in the middle of it so it is divided into a top and bottom half
-Cut a piece out and reattach with hinges and a lock to make a door to the bottom half (to access feeders)
-Set up the main breeder colony on top with just a slot to open up and drop food/water crystals down a pipe into their respective bowls.
-And obviously have a supply of food/water crystals to the feeders on the bottom as well.
My theory in this is that most of the nymphs will fall through to the bottom, along with the adults' frass which is supposedly a food source for baby nymphs?
Not all nymphs will fall through and those that dont can go on to replace any die-offs.
I will be able to access the small nymphs on the bottom for feeding without disturbing the breeding adults up top except for cleaning every so often.
Any comments/concerns are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Tyler
-Start with a garbage can (like one of the big round gray ones)
-Put a piece of the plastic eggcrate (white plastic grating) about in the middle of it so it is divided into a top and bottom half
-Cut a piece out and reattach with hinges and a lock to make a door to the bottom half (to access feeders)
-Set up the main breeder colony on top with just a slot to open up and drop food/water crystals down a pipe into their respective bowls.
-And obviously have a supply of food/water crystals to the feeders on the bottom as well.
My theory in this is that most of the nymphs will fall through to the bottom, along with the adults' frass which is supposedly a food source for baby nymphs?
Not all nymphs will fall through and those that dont can go on to replace any die-offs.
I will be able to access the small nymphs on the bottom for feeding without disturbing the breeding adults up top except for cleaning every so often.
Any comments/concerns are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Tyler