One Last D. Dubia roach question :P

[beardiebro]

Well, I ordered my blaptica dubia roaches and they should ship out tomorrow. I have researched care, housing, feeding, etc. The only question I have remaining is whether or not I should seperate the adults from the nymphs? Thank You

 

[ziggy23]

i don't

 

[jon21388]

i don't either. What i do is clean the main colony bin about once a month and i try to get enough roaches out for the next month coming. I've read in some places where people said they breed better cause it feels like more of a colony if there is more in there. I have no idea if this is true or not. I also just make sure the ratio of males to females is correct in the bin and put the extra males in my feeder bin.

 

[EShell]

I kept all of my Dubia together at first, but as I had more and more adults develop, I've started a second bin just for the breeders.

My main reasoning is that there is no need to sort through the adults every time I feed out of the nymph bin. This avoids disturbing the breeders unnecessarily and it makes it that much easier for me to grab the 50-60 nymphs I need at the moment for feeders.

It also simplifies feeding the roaches, because the adults do not consume food as quickly as the nymphs, which will eat a whole orange overnight and most of their roach chow. By feeding the adults separately, I can keep the proper portions in front of them 24/7, especially the oranges and other fruit, and the more voracious nymphs don't clean it up before they can get to it.

I go through the adult bin every two weeks, do a little refuse removal, cleaning and harvesting. I pick the adults off the egg flats and lay them back in the bin, and then shake the babies off the flats into the feeder bin. As I feed from the feeder bin, some nymphs will have reached maturity every day or three, and I just drop them into the adult bin to join the other breeders.

 

[BlueDevil]

I am only feeding one dragon and keep one bin.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

All together.