ivory head roach colony

[DEFYJOEBOO]

whats a good set up?
from my investigation it seems coco fiber substrate with leaf litter. thats it? people use these roaches to blatticompost too. anyone have an ivory head colony? set up is cheap it seems. storage bin, coco fiber substrate, isopods? spring tails? and egg crate? these are beautiful roaches full grown btw.

would they use the egg crate and would isopods and spring tails help keep things cleanly?

i imagine a prime set up would be stackable drawers with substrate in them then place that in a bin.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

whats a good set up?
from my investigation it seems coco fiber substrate with leaf litter. thats it? people use these roaches to blatticompost too. anyone have an ivory head colony? set up is cheap it seems. storage bin, coco fiber substrate, isopods? spring tails? and egg crate? these are beautiful roaches full grown btw.

would they use the egg crate and would isopods and spring tails help keep things cleanly?

i imagine a prime set up would be stackable drawers with substrate in them then place that in a bin.

Sounds like you got a good plan I’d try that . I tried zero substrate for orange heads and it’s been a blunder . Same genus … I’d definitely use coco fiber .. a cleanup crew could be very useful . I’m uncertain how safe ispods are gotta be small ones but springtails are fine .

 

[DEFYJOEBOO]

yea, the isopod thing will shake out or be a total wash. ive got wild southern california isopods, north Carolina isopods and the dairy cow isopods with them atm. hope my nymphs make it.

i like my roaches and they keep me busy. i’ve always wanted a roach colony. when i was younger i had a successful cricket colony that saved me a little coin. now that im older i realize that what i did wasn’t as easy as a roach colony. what really helped was breeding the store crickets with wild caught crickets. off spring were much hardier with bigger leg spurs and better hopping capabilities. come to think of it, my crickets did seemingly well with northern California isopods but i cant be confident that was truly the case and they didn’t cause any harm.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

yea, the isopod thing will shake out or be a total wash. ive got wild southern california isopods, north Carolina isopods and the dairy cow isopods with them atm. hope my nymphs make it.

i like my roaches and they keep me busy. i’ve always wanted a roach colony. when i was younger i had a successful cricket colony that saved me a little coin. now that im older i realize that what i did wasn’t as easy as a roach colony. what really helped was breeding the store crickets with wild caught crickets. off spring were much hardier with bigger leg spurs and better hopping capabilities. come to think of it, my crickets did seemingly well with northern California isopods but i cant be confident that was truly the case and they didn’t cause any harm.

How do you separate nymphs from substrate? I’ve never used sub for any of my roaches …
That’s the only thing that’s going to be hard if cleaning needs done .