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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Lotabob[/i] [br]My guide to starting a dubia roach colony the cheap and easy way. *Take one large plastic Sweetie tub of celebrations. *Eat the chocolates. *Cut a square window in the middle of the lid and cover with a fine mesh. *Fill tub with egg boxes (couple of days worth of omelettes should help). *Go to www.roachcolony.com and order yourself 20 females, and 5 males (or more if you want a larger return). *Put tub either somewhere hot or on a heat mat aim for a temperature of around 30oC but a few degrees each way wont hurt. *Roaches arrive, put them in your tub. *Feed them a varied diet. Babies should follow in no time. I find this diet works really well. Carrot Moistened Dog Biscuit ORANGES (Roach viagra) Bug Grub Crushed Breakfast Cereals (any will do) I also feed my roaches the leftover Repashy Crested gecko Food. It takes about 6 months for things to get going and you can begin harvesting your roaches, I have found with the female to male ratio of 20 to 5 you get a good amount of babies but not so many that you become overrun. I feed 3 tarantulas, a scorpion, a frog and a gecko and still have enough to grow to adults to replace my current adults when they die. Oh and a small tip, when dusting roaches dust them underneath as the dust doesn't stick to the shell. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.