Another roach Question How to get them from the bin to the tank

[andy375hh]

I just started up a colony of B lateris' and I was wondering the best way to get them from the bin ,to my T's and Scorps Tanks without them getting away since they are so stinking fast. I have them in an 18 gallon rubbermaid container. So please let me know how some of you do it.

 

[jmiller]

Put a small egg crate or a toilet paper roll in the roach bin. When you need a few grab the small crate/roll and shake a few roaches in a plastic or metal bowl. If you feed live just flick a few in the cage or if you pre-kill crush a few heads in the bowl and the feed. It takes a few tries to get your technique down but after a few you will get it down.

I hope they work out for you.

 

[Mister Internet]

12" tweezers and opposable thumbs.

 

[gvfarns]

I scoop them up in a smallish vial (the kind slings come in when you buy them) with smooth sides. It kind of negates their speed advantage. Then you sort of pour them into the tarantula enclosure or whatever.

If the problem is catching them perhaps you need a greater concentration: more roaches or a smaller roach bin. That slows them down too.

 

[xhexdx]

Put a small egg crate or a toilet paper roll in the roach bin. When you need a few grab the small crate/roll and shake a few roaches in a plastic or metal bowl. If you feed live just flick a few in the cage or if you pre-kill crush a few heads in the bowl and the feed. It takes a few tries to get your technique down but after a few you will get it down.

I hope they work out for you.

This method with a paper towel roll works very well. :clap:

Another method I have seen is cutting the bottom out of a gallon (or half-gallon) milk jug and using it as a scoop. I think the paper towel roll works better though.

 

[Tecnition4life]

Am i the only one who just uses my hands? I have a B. Gigantus colony and a Dubia colony and always just use my hands.

 

[jmiller]

Am i the only one who just uses my hands? I have a B. Gigantus colony and a Dubia colony and always just use my hands.

I pick up dubia all the time. They are slow and easy to get. B. lateralis are very fast and are not easy to catch with your hands. This is the species the op was asking about.

 

[andy375hh]

I tried using just my hands I didn't have much luck except for a roach running up my arm and onto my back.

 

[skips]

order of events:
1.)pick up egg flat
2.) smack it on deli cup so roaches fall in
3.) dispense

Some genius a while ago came up with a system of tupperwear with stages with different sized wholes in the bottoms. They were stacked so that only the adults were in the top and the nymphs at the bottom. That way you can only feed out adults. I havn't tried it but it looked cool

 

[Pacmaster]

James has a really nice "bucket method" that works very well.
! bucket inside another with holes in the bottom to let the nymphs fall thru . . .
Theres a thread on this board somewhere with pics . . .

I can take some pics of the buckets we made for the last show . . .

 

[Pacmaster]

Adjust the size of the holes in the bottom of the inner bucket to suit whichever species of roach you are using.
I dont know how this system would work with a smaller, climbing species such as lobsters, Id probably want to use tape or something to make it more secure . . .
Of course there is a snap-on lid, but I also have a bucket setup with a screw-on sealed lid.
And I dont know that the feeder trough was/is James idea, so if its not then whoever thought it up first- works great!