warpdrive
Avid Member
Here are a few pointers and tips based on what I do in order to keep crickets alive...
I personally keep mine in 10 gallon fish tanks since I have plenty to spare.
Over crowding kills, so I only keep 500 crickets per 10 gallon tank.
If you want to keep more, go with a larger container or split them up.
I gut load with fresh greens and fruit each day so there is never a need for any water gels.
Slices of orange not only keeps them hydraited but has a lot of anti oxidants and calcium as well.
Because I don't overcrowd them and a 10 gallon tank has plenty of room to work with, it is easy to clean.
I clean up my tanks about every 2 or 3 days.
I do it just before I add fresh food and takes me about 2 mins or less each time.
My crickets smell like a salad as a result, and I have almost no die offs.
I keep my crickets in room temp, about 74F.
They breed and have babies hatch with no added effort...although slightly higher temps help more.
I would never go above 89F or you will start to have some die off.
I don't use light bulbs for added heat as they don't seem to need it for me.
Other then the screen top, I have no added ventilation.
Ventilation is only needed when overcrowding and laziness in cleaning up after them.
I have seen plenty of new cricket keepers that have been just built over the past day or so, and they will all fail if they are stuffed to the point of overcrowding them.
If 500 or less is ok, trying to stuff 1000 is asking for problems.
Just my 2 cents.
Harry
I personally keep mine in 10 gallon fish tanks since I have plenty to spare.
Over crowding kills, so I only keep 500 crickets per 10 gallon tank.
If you want to keep more, go with a larger container or split them up.
I gut load with fresh greens and fruit each day so there is never a need for any water gels.
Slices of orange not only keeps them hydraited but has a lot of anti oxidants and calcium as well.
Because I don't overcrowd them and a 10 gallon tank has plenty of room to work with, it is easy to clean.
I clean up my tanks about every 2 or 3 days.
I do it just before I add fresh food and takes me about 2 mins or less each time.
My crickets smell like a salad as a result, and I have almost no die offs.
I keep my crickets in room temp, about 74F.
They breed and have babies hatch with no added effort...although slightly higher temps help more.
I would never go above 89F or you will start to have some die off.
I don't use light bulbs for added heat as they don't seem to need it for me.
Other then the screen top, I have no added ventilation.
Ventilation is only needed when overcrowding and laziness in cleaning up after them.
I have seen plenty of new cricket keepers that have been just built over the past day or so, and they will all fail if they are stuffed to the point of overcrowding them.
If 500 or less is ok, trying to stuff 1000 is asking for problems.
Just my 2 cents.
Harry
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