B. dubia and B. giganteus in same tank?

[keqwow]

Thinking of starting a feeder colony of B. dubia....was also considering tossing a few B. giganteus in there for fun, if they won't cause each other problems??? Anyone tried it?

 

[cacoseraph]

i have B. dubia and B. discoidalis in the same tank. seems to work out fine.

 

[REAL]

i have B. dubia and B. discoidalis in the same tank. seems to work out fine.

He said giganteus though...

I think the dubias will outcompete the giganteus, but that'll take awhile heh. I gotta go to work now DARN!

 

[cacoseraph]

He said giganteus though...

I think the dubias will outcompete the giganteus, but that'll take awhile heh. I gotta go to work now DARN!

true. but it is the best answer the op has gotten so far


i believe if the op searches they will find previous threads, actually, now that i think about it

 

[RoachGirlRen]

I'd wager that it is probably fine to keep them together since they have similar care needs. I've definately seen feeder breeders that keep discoids, dubias, craniifers, and giganteus all together and even let them interbreed to make hybrid feeder stock. Just make sure you have a lot of food available as the B. giganteus is much more skittish and less apt to be out feeding if there is any human activity in the area, so they could miss out on meals.

 

[Stylopidae]

I have Blaptica dubia in with Blaberus craniiferXdiscoidalesXfuscaXgigantea and my colony is currently going through the explosive growth stage.

It should be OK, but you definitely need to keep food (dog food, fish flakes, etc.) and rotted wood in there at all times.

 

[Vfox]

I have Blaptica dubia in with Blaberus craniiferXdiscoidalesXfuscaXgigantea and my colony is currently going through the explosive growth stage.

It should be OK, but you definitely need to keep food (dog food, fish flakes, etc.) and rotted wood in there at all times.

If you're looking to sell off some of your (explosive)B. gigantea at some point, gimme a yell, I've gatta get my hands on some adults, lol.

 

[cacoseraph]

what would the TNT equiv of those xbreds be? i have a minimum standard of a quarter stick

 

[ShawnH]

My guess would also be that the dubia will outcompete the giganteus.

Just wondering out of curiousity, Why would you intentionally want to mix dif roach species in the same tank?

 

[keqwow]

Just figured I'd get a feeder colony going in a 10 gallon tank and I thought it might be cool to also have some giganteus....figured if they could live together I'd just toss everyone together rather than take up more shelf space for a 2nd tank.

 

[Stylopidae]

My guess would also be that the dubia will outcompete the giganteus.

Just wondering out of curiousity, Why would you intentionally want to mix dif roach species in the same tank?

I recieved a culture of already hybridized roaches from a friend.

I know several of the dealers on here use similar hybrids (craniiferXfuscaXdiscoidales) for their largest specimens so I figured I'd keep them around.

I didn't realize that there were four seperate species until later.

I tossed the Blaptica dubia in there because I have a lack of space at the moment.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Eventually the B. giganteus will die out.

I have Blaptica dubia in with Blaberus craniiferXdiscoidalesXfuscaXgigantea and my colony is currently going through the explosive growth stage.

It should be OK, but you definitely need to keep food (dog food, fish flakes, etc.) and rotted wood in there at all times.

The hybrids originally came from roachman and are B.craniifer X B. fusca, some dealers more recently started throwing in the giganteus name a year or so ago to pretend they're big (plus some people actually threw the two together but they never interbred) but I don't know that I've seen discoidalis thrown in too. I'm not sure why people throw in these other names for fun. How about we say they're:
craniiferXdiscoidalisXcolloseusXgiganteusXboliviensisXatroposXfuscaXparabolicusXaffinisXfusiformisXminorXperuvianus

 

[Vfox]

Eventually the B. giganteus will die out.

craniiferXdiscoidalisXcolloseusXgiganteusXboliviensisXatroposXfuscaXparabolicusXaffinisXfusiformisXminorXperuvianus

I never planned on breeding B.giganteus, although I wouldn't mind if they did. But I did want some as just a pet roach basically.

And, holy-mouthfulls-batman!

 

[Stylopidae]

Eventually the B. giganteus will die out.

The hybrids originally came from roachman and are B.craniifer X B. fusca, some dealers more recently started throwing in the giganteus name a year or so ago to pretend they're big (plus some people actually threw the two together but they never interbred) but I don't know that I've seen discoidalis thrown in too. I'm not sure why people throw in these other names for fun.

The roaches came from a friend who didn't quite know what they were, so I've been identifying what's in there as they moult to adulthood.

The craniifer and fusca were easy to identify, as were the discoidales. Recently, there have been some big black and brown roaches moulting to adulthood, so I compared them to some confirmed B. giganteus and found them to be identical.

The hybrids aren't totally homogenous yet, but I've seen the gigantea mating with both the fusca and craniifer and I think one might have mated with one of my larger discoids.

 

[ShawnH]

I keep about 8 sp. of roaches but all seperated. I'm just not a fan of hybridizing them. The more they interbreed the more they look the same to me. That would be boring, one single sp. of roach. And yes I know not all roaches can interbreed before someone points that out.

 

[Vfox]

And yes I know not all roaches can interbreed before someone points that out.

Hey, not all..........oh, nvm.