Dubia Colony Setup question..

[MichaelJ]

I have around 200 or so nymphs of varying sizes and ages, and around 20-30 adults.

From all the reading and research I've been doing I'm getting a 50/50 mix of whether the adults and the nymphs should be separated.

I don't really see a need for it though, especially if you want the colony to sustain itself; the breeders need to be able to replace the losses until I'm basically up to my eyeballs in these guys.

Once I hit a point that there too many for one enclosure I can take a good amount out and then place them into another container and start a second small colony. Then feed off each one in an alternating fashion.

Plus what's going to happen when the adults have offspring? Am I going to be scooping out babes and placing them in the other setup constantly?

I guess I answered my own question but your thoughts area always appreciated..

Thanks ahead of time ! :main_thumbsup:

Mj

 

[CSgecko]

I have mine in two tanks but i have like 150 adults and a bunch o babies.I have a 10 gal that I keep my breeders in and another tank that I keep my feeders in. It doesnt reely matter cus the feeder tank still has lots o babies poppin out, i just want to get one group going really well and maybe start sellin a couple or join the two groups together

 

[MichaelJ]

Yeah I have 10 times more mixed sized dubias than adult breeders... I have them together now and if I see any problems I'll make the separation down the road..

I'm not going to feed off of them too often for several months until the colony gets established..

I may just order another bunch of nymphs to feed off of until I can produce enough on my own..

I just don't want to go back to crickets..

 

[Haroldo]

I don't separate out sizes unless I am sending off a starter colony of feeding off some. I've got two 56qt tubs of dubia and I have well over 500 adults and thousands and thousands of nymphs. Only bad thing is, if I forget to feed them, they'll quickly start consuming each other. Tasty no?!