Best way to heat a roach colony? - Page 4

poison123 · 06-05-13, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

If they get a good start meaning off the ground (up high i mean) from high to low right? What about starting on the ground? Ive never seen it personally.

It took flight from a 3ft cage and kept flight for a while. It did this more then once. But yeah I think they need to be up high to get a good start.

franks · 06-05-13, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by poison123

It took flight from a 3ft cage and kept flight for a while. It did this more then once. But yeah I think they need to be up high to get a good start.

That is fascinating. Has anyone else ever seen this? I have witnessed males with good long running starts falling off of high branches etc and have never seen anything even close to an attempt to fly.

Guys, you started a good thread, don't derail it by engaging korbin in one of his pissing contests.

I have only been keeping dubia for one and a half years, and would love more info, especially on accelerating breeding. This is what I have learned and what has been working for me.
Temps in the 80's slows breeding
Temps in the 90's greatly increases breeding.
I have read, tried, and swear by the fact that oranges combined with appropriate temps makes the dubia breed more/faster.
It SEEMS (at least in my colonies) that each female can put out approximately 30 young once every 30 days. I have nothing to confirm this at all except my own observations and would love to see if anyone else has charted info about this.
I strongly suggest segregating a small colony (2 males and 5 females or so) to monitor, experiment with, and to hedge your investment in the event you have a colony kill for some reason.
I put aspen shavings on the bottom for the babies to hide in.

Last point/question
I have heard of keepers that freeze their males to feed at later times and was considering this. Anybody here try this?

Mikoh4792 · 06-05-13, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I expect you to check what you're told.

If I don't explain myself it really doesn't hurt me but if you don't check your what you're told it could be a problem for you, no?

You're right, I should still do some background research to make sure what people here are saying is true. Although it doesn't hurt you personally to not explain yourself, expect people to question you when you leave such vague statements on a forum board where you are supposed to explain yourself in arguments. Saying " Some of the information in this thread is wrong" and then just going off just leaves me more confused. What information is wrong? Why don't you tell me who gave me the wrong information so I can know who's credible and who not.

No I'm really not but I do know my limits and I do know my knowledge and experience.
It's called confidence. Just a reminder I wasn't the one that was wrong.[/QUOTE]