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Dubia Roach Care

July 13, 2018April 14, 2024
by Ash L

Dubia Roach Care Sheet:

Name: Dubia Roach, sometimes called the Orange Spotted Roach Argentine Roach, or the Guyana Spotted Roach.

Scientific name: Blaptica dubia

Lifespan: 10-12 months for males, females live longer, usually reaching 20-22 months.

Dubia roach care. Dubias are an easily digestible Feeder Roaches for pets such as Bearded Dragons. They are high in meat to shell ratio for a high protein and nutritious meal.

The various life cycles of the dubia offer a wide and varied sizes of roaches to use as feeders for your reptiles & amphibians. As far as care you can easily maintain your roaches with ease. They cannot climb smooth surfaces or fly. They eat almost anything and are silent and smell free compared to other insects like crickets.

Housing Setup For Dubia Roach Colonies Dubia Roach Enclosure

House these Feeder Roaches in a ventilated plastic tub. We recommend 14-20 gallon totes. Alternately, use an aquarium tank with a large surface area. Surface area is increased with the addition of Egg Flats For the roaches to hide in and nestle. Dubia Roaches do not climb well on smooth surfaces, so as long as the sides of the enclosure are smooth there is little chance of escape.

A standard plastic storage tub (Sterilite or Rubbermaid ) type bin works well. Punch holes in the lid for ventilation or better yet cut out and install screen mesh in the top and or sides of the tub for optimal ventilation. No substrate is needed as this makes removal. Use no substrate. This makes separation and maintenance easier. Or Use Our Bioactive Substrates for no fuss cleaning.

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Most Feeder Roaches Prefer Living in Dark Conditions so using a dark tub or storing it in a dark place is preferable. The roaches require places to hide, so cardboard tubes or eggflats provide additional real estate and places to raise babies making them feel secure. Dubia roaches like nestling and living in close quarters.

Dubia Roach Care What to Feed Dubia Roaches

Roaches will eat just about anything, after all they are roaches. This makes for easy feeding. Make sure that they have access to High Protein Grains at all times like oats, wheat, wheat bran. They also need some protein, some feed roaches dog or cat food, or fish food for protein.

Alternatively a lot of people will use a Balanced Protein All Natural Chow or food that is formulated to have the correct protein percentage as dog or cat food can be too high in protein and lead to uric acid accumulation and death in your reptiles & amphibians.

Dubia Roach Care Should include periodical feedings of fresh produce 2-3x a week. Dubia can be fed produce that has been cleaned thoroughly of pesticides or that is organic. Any food that you give your roaches will be passed along to your reptiles & amphibians so it is best to keep the Roaches Gut-Loaded with optimum nutrition to be passed along as you feed the roaches off.

For Dubia Roach Care Fresh fruits like apples, bananas are best

As they are sweet and nutritious and are readily consumed. Feed food that the roaches will consume within 24 hours. Remove the remains. This will eliminate the growth of mold. Mold can wipe out your entire colony. Feed Fresh produce like carrots, leafy greens and other root vegetables. They provide a well rounded diet for not only for dubia roach care, but also the pets that you feed them to.

To Safely Water The roaches Water Gel Crystals Work best. Water Gel Crystals are a crystal that swells up when you add it to water and provides a high surface area gel for the roaches in the colony to extract water without fouling it or drowning. Water gel Crystals are much better than other methods such as cotton or sponges as they last longer. A single Tablespoon of crystals will make more than a gallon of water gel crystals. Add them to water your roaches or feeder insect colony.

Dubia Roach Care Dubia Roach Humidity & Temperature For Your Dubia Roach Colony

Please Note:

Dubia are a tropical species and do best at higher humidity levels 40-50% is sufficient. Maintain humidity levels. If not, you may experience a die off as nymphs molt skins or as they are giving birth. Place a temperature gauge with humidity level indicator in the bin you house your roaches in. Increase Humidity levels. Offer fruits and vegetables. Include a screened or covered water container. Lower the heat. Lastly place more Water Crystal Gel (Prevents Drowning)

These Roaches Live In Tropical Conditions as they are a South American Roach. Keep Dubia in temperatures around (82- 88°F ). They can survive at lower temperatures, but will not breed as quickly. Higher temps 88-95°F will greatly increase breeding cycles and produce more roaches for you to use as Feeders as well as increase the life cycle of your colony. Make sure humidity levels are at least 40%

Dubia Roach Care Dubia Roach Breeding

A Dubia Roach will become sexually mature around 6 months of age, so a successful breeding & feeding colony will not take very long to establish. Once sexually mature, females will give birth to up to 35 baby nymphs every 30-45 days. If you have to feed off use males as feeders and keep the female to male ratio at about 3-5 females per 1 male.

Adult Dubias are easy to sex as the females are larger than the males and only have short clipped wings, The males have large wings that they do not use to fly. Sexing nymphs is more difficult as there are variations during their lifestyle and must mature only being identifiable at their last molt.

Additional Tips For Successful Breeding of Dubia Roach Colony

Most Roaches Breed Faster and give birth to babies quicker when fed oranges. Increase the breeding rate of your roaches this way. A great secret is to feed them oranges once a week or so. Tropical Roaches Do Best In High Heat Temperatures. In case of escape no worry is needed as they will not infest your home or neighborhood. Escapees will most likely die if not found right away. Escapees are usually found motionless. Check to see if they revive by adding them back to heated environment and allow them to rehydrate. How To keep dubia roaches from escaping? Stop Escape of Roaches With CONTAIN our Super Slick Roach Barrier.

Many Customers Wonder How Roach Cleaner Crews Really Work For dubia roach care. A Cleaner Crew for Dubia Roaches are special species of small larvae and Flesh Eating Beetles. Cleaner Crews consume excess grains and process the roach waste or frass. They do not bother the roaches. They are a great Clean-Up Crew for your roach bins and enclosures

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Discoid Roach Care

July 13, 2018June 24, 2022
by Ash L

Name: Discoid Roach.

Scientific name: Blaberus Discoidalis

Lifespan: 18-22 months for males, females live longer, usually reaching 24-26 months.

Discoid Roach Care. As Feeder Insects For Bearded Dragons and other Pets.

Discoid Roaches are easily digestible as Feeder Roaches, high in meat to shell ratio for a high protein and nutritious meal. The various life cycles of the discoid roach offers a wide and varied sizes of roaches to use as feeders for your reptiles & amphibians.

Discoid Roaches and a Discoid Roach Starter Colony Are a Florida Legal Dubia Roach Alternative. Discoid vs Dubia are similar protein and nutrition profile. Learn More On Florida Legal Roaches by reading our Bioactive Guides and Articles online.

A Discoid Roach Breeding Kit is easily maintained, cannot climb smooth surfaces or fly, they eat almost anything and are silent and smell free compared to other insects like crickets.We have Discoid Roach for Sale.

Discoid Roach ladies are in high demand In Florida as Dubia Roach Alternative.

Housing Setup For Discoid Roach & Discoid Roach Care Sheet

Discoid Roach Care will be described here. Colonies Can Be Housed in a ventilated plastic tub, (we recommend 14-20 gallon totes) or aquarium tank with a large surface area. Surface area is increased with the addition of Egg Flats For Discoids to hide in and nestle.

Discoid Roaches do not climb well on smooth surfaces, so as long as the sides of the enclosure are smooth there is little chance of escape. A standard plastic storage tub (Sterilite or Rubbermaid ) type bin works well.

Punch holes in the lid for ventilation or better yet cut out and install screen mesh in the top and or sides of the tub for optimal ventilation. No substrate is needed as this makes removal, separation and maintenance easier.

A Discoid Roach Prefers Living in Dark Conditions so using a dark tub or storing it in a dark place is preferable. Discoid roach care includes providing places to hide, so cardboard tubes or eggflats provide additional real estate and places to raise babies making them feel secure. Discoid roaches like nestling and living in close quarters.

Feeding Your Discoid Roach Colony Discoid Roach Care

A Discoid Roach Will Eat Just About Anything

After all they are roaches. This makes for easy feeding. Make sure that they have access to High Protein Grains at all times like oats, wheat, wheat bran. They also need some protein, some feed roaches dog or cat food, or fish food for protein.

Alternatively a lot of people will use a Balanced Protein All Natural Roach Chow that is formulated to have the correct protein percentage as dog or cat food can be too high in protein and lead to uric acid accumulation and death in your reptiles & amphibians.

Roaches should periodically 2-3x a week be fed produce that has been cleaned thoroughly of pesticides or that is organic.

Any food that you give For Discoid Roach Care

Will be passed along to your reptiles & amphibians so it is best to keep the Discoid Gut-Loaded with optimum nutrition to be passed along as you feed the discoids off. Feed Fresh fruits like apples, bananas. Use these fruits as a staple food.

They are best as they are sweet and nutritious and are readily consumed. Feed the amount that the discoid will consume within 24 hours.

Remove, the remains to eliminate the growth of mold. Mold wipes out entire discoid colonies. Use Fresh produce like carrots, leafy greens and other root vegetables provide a well rounded diet for not only the roaches but the pets that you feed them to.

Water Discoid Roaches With Water Gel Crystals. Use them as they Work Best. Water Crystals ae a crystal that swells up when you add it to water. It provides a high surface area gel for the discoid to extract water without fouling it or drowning.

Water gel Crystals are much better than other methods such as cotton or sponges as they last longer. A single Tablespoon of crystals will make more than a gallon of water gel crystals to water your roaches or feeder insect colony.

Temp and Humidity For Your Discoid Roach Colony Care

Please Note: Discoid Are A Tropical Species

And do best at higher humidity levels 40-50% is sufficient. Maintain humidity levels at these levels. If not, you may experience a die off as nymphs molt skins or as they are giving birth. Place a temperature gauge with humidity level indicator in the bin you house your roaches in.

Increase Humidity levels by offering fruits and vegetables. Include a screened or covered water container. Lower the heat. Finally, simply place more Water Crystal Gel (Prevents Drowning)

Discoid Roaches Live In Tropical Conditions

Put Discoids in High Temps. Keep them optimally in temperatures around (82- 88°F ). They can survive at lower temperatures, but will not breed as quickly. Increase temps to 88-95°F. Doing so, will greatly increase breeding cycles.

Increase temps and produce more Discoid roaches as Feeders. As well, increase the life cycle of your colony. Make humidity levels to be at least 40%

Breeding Colony temperature and humidity & Breeding Cycle

Discoid Roaches Become Sexually Mature Around 6 months of age, so a successful discoid breeding & feeding colony will not take very long to establish.

Once sexually mature, females will give birth to up to 35 baby discoid nymphs every 30-45 days, if you have to feed off use males as feeders and keep the female to male ratio at about 3-5 females per 1 male.

Adult Discoid Roaches Are harder to Sex as the females & males both have wings. The female wing length is usually shorter than the body with the males wings being slightly longer than the body. The adult Discoid Roach cannot fly.

Sexing nymphs is more difficult as there are variations during their lifestyle and must mature only being identifiable at their last molt.

Additional Tips For Successful Breeding Of Discoid Colony

Many Customers Wonder How Good Roach Cleaner Crews Work For Your Roach Colony Setup. Use a Cleaner Crew for Discoid Roaches. Use Cleaner Crews, they are a special species of small larvae and beetles.

They consume excess grains and process the roach waste or frass. Put them in your enclosure. They do not bother the discoid roaches and they act as a great Clean-Up Crew. Use them for your roach bins and enclosures. Source

Feed Oranges to Discoid Roaches. In numerous experiences Discoid Roaches Bred Faster when fed oranges. As a result, they also gave birth to babies quicker when fed oranges. Increase the breeding rate of Discoid roaches. A great secret is to feed them oranges once a week or so.

Put Discoid Roaches in High Temperatures. In studies, Discoids Did Best In High Heat Temperatures. Therefore, use high temps. In case of escape no worry is needed as they will not infest your home or neighborhood.

As a result, They will most likely die if not found right away. Due to this, Escapees are usually found motionless. Check to see if they revive by adding them back to heated environment and allow them to re-hydrate. Prevent Escape of Roaches With CONTAIN Super Slick Roach Barrier

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How Bioactive Roach Cleaner Crews Really Work

July 13, 2018June 24, 2022
by Ash L

How Bioactive Roach Cleaner Crews Really Work to Help Clean Your Roach Colony

Roach Cleaner Crews are cleaner beetles for dubia roaches and other feeder roaches. They will work equally well as clean up crew for crickets. These black cleaner beetles really Work! If You Have a Roach Colony You Need Roach Cleaner Crews For Roach & Cricket Bins they are Now easy to come by at Ready Reptile Feeders.

Roach Cleaner Crews Work

By Cleaning Your Roach Colony Bins & Enclosures. Cleaner Crews are a special blend of 4 different types of larvae, beetles and worms. They eat only dead decaying insects, (roaches, crickets). One of the Multi Species Contained In Cleaner Crews are the same Powerful Beetles That Clean Flesh From Skulls In Taxidermy. You may have noticed we carry dermestid beetles for sale. They eat All dead roaches. In addition the cleaner crews will eat excess grains before decaying or molding.

These insects do not compete with your roach or cricket colonies. They will keep the frass clean Free of Smell and Save you time and effort. The addition of other Clean-Up Crews to clean your Dubia Roach Colony or other roach or cricket colonies like Tropical Isopods & Tropical Springtails can add to the Cleaner Crew as they will process excess vegetation before molding as well as eat any mold you happen to miss.

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will include a mixture of beetles, worms and larval stage beetles along with some egg. The beetles only live a few weeks and will lay eggs if conditions are right. The larvae do the majority of the cleaning as they eat all the dead insects, never bothering your colony.

Tiny mealworm clean up crews will crawl through the frass and process the uneaten grains. Additionally, particles that are too small for your colony as well. Thus lessening chances of mold decay or bad smells.

We recommend that roaches and cricket colonies have a high protein grain food at all times. Vegetation, fruits and veggies should be offered two or three times a week.

Adding Isopods & Springtails to the mix will provide a full spectrum of cleaning by helping greatly process excess vegetation eliminating the need to remove produce and lessen risk of mold that can wipe out your entire colony. Springtails will eat any mold that happens to escape your eye.

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When you receive your Cleaner Crews

They will be packaged in a mixture of grains that your colony will eat up. Simply dump the entire contents into your bins and allow the critters to colonize.e Cleaner Crew unlike your roaches will need no care whatsoever. They will subsist on the dead from your colony, molted skins, frass and excess chow or food.

If you have excess humidity then adding springtails is a good choice. Mold is more common with excess humidity, this includes feeding lots of produce and vegetation which raises the humidity.

Additionally, it produces a more humid or wet frass waste from roaches or crickets. Excess Cleaner Crews can be used to create additional colonies or fed off occasionally to larger frogs or pets.

Additional Clean-Up Crews beneficial soil microbes fungi trace minerals aerobic bacteria

The addition of other Clean-Up Crews Like Tropical Isopods & Tropical Springtails can add to the Cleaner Crew as Isopods & Springtails will eat decaying vegetation and Isopods especially will eat a dead roach skin and all. This decomposing action will contribute to beneficial bacteria and aerobic activity of your bioactive substrate and act as a fertilizer for plants in your bioactive enclosure

As stated several times, adding Isopods & Springtails to the mix will provide a full spectrum of cleaning by helping greatly process excess vegetation eliminating the need to remove produce and lessen risk of mold that can wipe out your entire colony. Springtails will eat any mold that happens to escape your eye.

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How To Really Gut Load Insects

July 13, 2018June 24, 2022
by Ash L

Gutloading – How Do You Gutload Dubia Roaches, Gut Load Insects, Caring For and Gutloading Dubia Roaches & What Is The Benefit of Gut Loading Dubia Roaches, or Gut Loaded Insects In General?

Gut load Insects that you will be feeding to your pets. Gut loading mealworms for leopard geckos or even gut loading crickets for bearded dragon. Insects By RRF Feeds it’s insects and All Natural & Organic Feed, So all we really offer is already gut loaded Insects for sale.

The aforementioned are examples where your feeder insects will pass along nutrition to your pets. Insects such as Roaches & Crickets will benefit from this gutload strategy. By doing so you introduce Super Premium Nutrition to Insects that will be passed along to the animal that is being fed.

Feeder Roaches, Crickets, Mealworms, Isopods & Springtails are all examples of insects that will readily accept this high nutrition. These Insects take Gutoading Nutrition in very well. Always Gut Load Insects especially if the insects are are from cheap farm raised commercial or Big Box Type shops and Pet Stores

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When You Buy Isopod Culture

July 13, 2018June 22, 2022
by Ash L

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What is the best place to buy isopods? Where to buy springtails and isopods near me? When You Buy Isopod Culture From RRF. You are getting the most effective Bioactive Cleaner Crews we have specially selected for bioactive vivariums. Your Isopods should be prepared and then left alone for a month or so. Only feed and water the isopods as necessary.

This will allow the colony to expand into a much larger viable colony. Once your colony has multiplied, you may use them as feeders. Another option is to use them to seed your tanks and vivariums in order to colonize them. You should always reserve some isopods in your “Master Culture”. Maintain the culture to use indefinitely or until you need to order more to replenish.

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Stop Dubia Roach Escape Does Vaseline Work?

July 13, 2018July 1, 2024
by Ash L

CONTAIN Roach Barrier Works Much Better Than Vaseline! & Can Stop Dubia Roach Escape. Insects & Supplies By Ready Reptile Feeders RRF Insects Star Registered

CONTAIN Roach Barrier Works as a Super Slick Insect Boundary and Barrier that prevents insects from escaping the colony. This will stop dubia roach escape as well as climbers like madagascar Hissers. Also By Working as a Boundary & By preventing spiders, mites and other invasive insects from getting inside your feeder insect colony.

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VITAMIN WATER GEL CRYSTALS

July 13, 2018July 23, 2024
by Ash L

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Where to buy water absorbing polymer crystals and How to Safely Use Water Gel Crystals for insects. Vitamin Infused Green Life Water Gel Crystals are the healthy alternative to expensive commercial gel quenchers or cubes. Green Life Water Gel is pre-made and comes in a variety of sizes to suit your colony size. Your Insects will not drown as the gel is a thick rich gel that is refreshing and will give life to your feeder insect colony.

Green Life Vitamin Water Gel Crystals (water jelly crystals science experiment ) have just the right amount of calcium & vitamins to feed your insects and along with Bug Brownie (The Best Gut load) is a prime way to pass along nutrition to the animals you feed. Green Life Vitamin Infused Gel is like Reptile water crystals The jelly crystals dissolve in water and are packed with infused vitamins to pass along to your pet. They are a clean, healthy way to quench the thirst of roaches, dermestid beetles, crickets and other feeder insects.

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Water Gel Crystal Best Way To Water Feeder Insects

July 13, 2018June 24, 2022
by Ash L

Water Gel Crystal – Water Polymer Crystals – Water Crystals For Insects – Step-By Step Hydrating Instructions

Where to Buy Water absorbing polymer crystals Water Gel Crystal For Dubia & Feeder Roaches, Crickets & Other Insects

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They are sometimes referred to as reptile water crystals. These jelly crystals dissolve in water. In addition they are a clean, healthy way to quench the thirst of and water colonies of dubia & feeder roaches, dermestid beetles, crickets and other feeder insects.

Use Gel Crystals. First of all, They will keep your insects from drowning, keep their habitat clean. In addition, they last longer than just water. Most importantly. Water is actually stored inside the hydrated granule, forcing your insects to suck it out when thirsty. However, they can be replenished easily.