Dubia Population Density

[JohnnyD]

I read through most of the dubia posts but found little on how many you can keep per container to continue maximum breeding potential. I have a 35 gallon Sterilite container and was wondering how many it could hold. At what point would my colony be too big for this container?

 

[jrh3]

I have 8-10 thousand in a 30 gallon but im not sure?

 

[CDCherpetological]

What I do is, when my dubias get towards the 6k mark, I separate some into another container. I also use the 35g blue totes from walmart. I've allowed my colony to get up to 8k in that 35gal tub however I needed to feed everyday or else they'd start munching on one another. Males will try to fly away when there's too many roaches in the tub, I usually use this as a marker as to when to separate as well.

 

[JohnnyD]

Thanks. Thats exactly what I needed to know.

 

[Monties1982]

What I do is, when my dubias get towards the 6k mark, I separate some into another container. I also use the 35g blue totes from walmart. I've allowed my colony to get up to 8k in that 35gal tub however I needed to feed everyday or else they'd start munching on one another. Males will try to fly away when there's too many roaches in the tub, I usually use this as a marker as to when to separate as well.

How do you estimate the number of roaches in the container?

 

[JohnnyD]

You count real fast. Ever see Rainman.

 

[jessica]

You count real fast. Ever see Rainman.

LMAO!!!

When it seems a little crowded and I notice they are not producing as many nymphs I put a 4:1 female to male ratio into another bin an start another colony so then I rotate will I feed off one colony until it is getting low while the other is producing so on so on.

 

[Monties1982]

That doesn't really answer my question . I have a colony of lobster roaches, but it doesn't seem to be overcrowded right now. I was just wondering.

 

[JohnnyD]

You could count by weight if they are all the same size.

 

[kiltheduck]

6 thousand!?!?! Seriously? You feeding an army of chameleons? If someone (me) were to buy their first SINGLE chameleon, would it be practical at all to even try breeding their (my) own feeders?

 

[JohnnyD]

One chameleon might eat 300 or so a month. Some of the dubia breeder do sell adults. You could get 15 or 20 adult females breeding and you wont need to buy crickets.