Community Roach tank?

[ArchaicExplorer]

Hi there! I currently have some giant cave cockroach nymphs and was wondering if there's anything that could live with them in a community type setup? I was thinking millipedes, but am also open to different roaches. If you have any idea where I could get them that would be nice too! I may want to purchase more of my original

 

[chanda]

I have large canyon isopods (some flavor of locally-caught Porcelio) in with my giant cave roaches, and they seem to be getting along together just fine. The roaches are reproducing - and the isopods are breeding like crazy!

 

[mantisfan101]

You could keep smaller species like little kenyans with them. Species like eublaberus I would stay away from since they can be abit predacious. Keep away from mixing them with other blaberus species as they will hybridize, same with gramphadorhina sp. You could add isopods and buffalo beetles, and you could also maybe add other types of beetles like flower beetles and maybe even a few millipedes.

 

[ArchaicExplorer]

I have large canyon isopods (some flavor of locally-caught Porcelio) in with my giant cave roaches, and they seem to be getting along together just fine. The roaches are reproducing - and the isopods are breeding like crazy!

Thank you! Very nice to know, it's harder to find isos here.

 

[pannaking22]

Little Kenyans tend to do well with the larger roach species if you want a communal enclosure. They're hardy and they stay out of the way of the bigger species, so there doesn't tend to be much conflict.

 

[Schledog]

Giant African Millipedes. @Elytra and Antenna would you care to elaborate about the setup you mentioned in another post with these two species?

 

[ArchaicExplorer]

Of course!

Giant African Millipedes. @Elytra and Antenna would you care to elaborate about the setup you mentioned in another post with these two species?

I have an 12 x 12 x 18 exoterra currently housing fake plants until I can find live ones that my roaches won't immediately kill. About 3-ish inches of substrate towards the front and four-ish in the back. The plan is to have it bioactive

 

[Schledog]

No no no. Orin mentioned that he saw a cool setup with a. gigas and cave cockroaches. So I said to him to elaborate, not you