Starting a new colony - Page 2

youngster · 11-04-11, 08:15 AM

I know nothing about roaches, so don't trust my judgement alone. But I think that's small.

Lankyrob · 11-04-11, 11:16 AM

Am no expert either but i always try to give all my animals as much space as possible.

KORBIN5895 · 11-04-11, 12:30 PM

When I was looking into doing it the stuff I read said 500 adults or 100 breeders and young per 10 gallon.

KORBIN5895 · 11-04-11, 12:41 PM

Oh and a female lays about 25 eggs then puts them in a pouch for about a month. Theyare then born "live". It will take about 2 months after birth for the babies to reach sexual maturity. The best part is that males and females are easy to tell apart.

stephanbakir · 11-04-11, 05:40 PM

ALL roaches are easy to sex if you look at their belly scales. With a magnified glass I can sex newborn roaches easy. holding them is the tricky part:P
Dubias are by far the easiest species, but not the only one.

**millertime89** · 11-04-11, 05:59 PM

nice to see you again stephan

stephanbakir · 11-04-11, 06:01 PM

Yeah, my computer took a dump for a while :P