I saw this thread on another forum

[daveo]

I saw this thread about cricket enclosures. I could only find the 20Qt bins. If I where to keep roaches and crickets, who many could I keep?

http://www.roachforum.com/index.php?showtopic=6433

 

[KapitalJ]

That is @nick barta from here... im sure he will chime in..

 

[cyberlocc]

I have read with Dubia, you can hold 200-250 adults per SQ Foot that is assuming you have vertical egg crates.

So a typical 20qt tub would hold 250 roaches. However 20qts is way too small, you could need to cut the egg crates so take away more roaches. That isnt even big enough for crickets. You need to look at a 40qt at the bare minimum.

I dont know what you mean by you could ponly find 20qts. Even walmart carry's much larger tubs than that. You need at least 10 gallon, (40QT), with 20gal+ being preferable.

 

[cyberlocc]

Here this is at walmart. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-18-Gallon-Tote-Box-Recycled-Black-8pk/44785787 you could hold almost 1000 adults in there. If you only have a few hundred adults that leaves plenty of space for babies.

 

[nick barta]

Cyberlocc has hit the nail on the head, "plenty of space for babies" If you have 1 chameleon, and go through 30 or so a week, a 20 quart might work if you bring in only 100-200 at a time. On the other hand, if you want to bring in 500-1,000 because you are feeding off 100 per week, get the 40 or 56 quart containers.

If you do roaches or crickets with the purpose of breeding, you will need the room for the young ones. Roaches seem to like to huddle together in tight spaces, so my roach colonies that are smaller in number all cluster and only use a few of the 10 egg ceases I have in my large containers.

The best container to ensure that bugs don't escape is shown in a thread I did on the Chameleon Forum and the Allpetroach forum. The title is: "My favorite Roach (and other feeders container)." Use the Search Feature to find it.

Bigger is better....

CHEERS!

Nick