Zephyr's Amazingly Awesome Roach Thread

[Zephyr]

Kyle. Am I supposed to have some straight up and down boards in their tank for some reason? I keep seeing raoch set ups with both egg crate and then some boards propped straight up.

Many people believe vertical setups are easier to clean. In my experience, they aren't.
Also, roach nymphs hide in their parents frass and pick up trace beneficial pathogens that aid in digestion.

[Zephyr]

Drache, you reminded me that my craniifer just had their first babies.
I've got 11 of the little guys. :P

[drache]

oh cool - congrats

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

i had a hissing cockroach once. its name was hissy. one time, hissy escaped. hissy got stepped on. hissy's remains got scraped off the floor and fed to my fish. end of story.

[Zephyr]

i had a hissing cockroach once. its name was hissy. one time, hissy escaped. hissy got stepped on. hissy's remains got scraped off the floor and fed to my fish. end of story.

That's so sad! D:

[Lori P]

Thanks Kyle-- the parent's "frass"??

[Zephyr]

Thanks Kyle-- the parent's "frass"??

Dry poo.

[Lori P]

Oooooh. Ah. Right. Well, actually, it's no different for the larger animals-- baby goats and foals eat poop and dirt before they eat anything else, same reason, to pick up needed enzymes and stuff. ("Stuff" is the official name for beneficial pathogens. LOLOL)

I need a better lesson in telling the boys from the girls. They all look the same to me. I'll try to post some pics, if I can get the little buggers to stay still-- they are slippery little things aren't they?

[Zephyr]

Oooooh. Ah. Right. Well, actually, it's no different for the larger animals-- baby goats and foals eat poop and dirt before they eat anything else, same reason, to pick up needed enzymes and stuff. ("Stuff" is the official name for beneficial pathogens. LOLOL)

I need a better lesson in telling the boys from the girls. They all look the same to me. I'll try to post some pics, if I can get the little buggers to stay still-- they are slippery little things aren't they?

I just grab them from above, flip them over, and check to see if the last segment before the end of the abdomen is large, which is female, or small and divided, male. ;D

[Lori P]

But I'm afraid I'm going to squoosh them! It's ok to put a bit of pressure on their sides to hold them? If I end up with roach guts on me I'm comin' after you!! lol