Mad About Cichlids Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Just wanted to show off my new roach enclosures that I just made. Old ones new ones new and old together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Those are some pretty large cages. What species are they for? I notice your avatar is broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Those are some pretty large cages. What species are they for? I notice your avatar is broken. Large cages? Those are 'regular' size for me. I use 20 gallon tubs up to 45 gallon tubs (180 quart) for most of my species, with a few in 10 gallon size. Here is one corner of my tub-crowded room with the 20 gallons: (Small containers have tarantulas or other 'bugs') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeriplanetaAmericana Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Matt, your roach installation is great! I hope to build some cupboards for my roaches this summer. Best regards, Javier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugmanPrice Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hey Mad About Cichlids, by having the screen on the top does it cut down your ventilation horribly or do you just not stack them up? Just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugmanPrice Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 ...Oh, and Matt K: awesome enclosure area, I’m envy you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wow, Matt! You must eat a lot of eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsman Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 OP ~ Nice work and a big improvement! You might want to move the ventilation to the side in future colonies so as to enable stacking of colonies...unless of course you have sufficient room, but the more room you have.....the more colonies you can fit in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad About Cichlids Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 I'm in the process of getting rid of the lobsters and just focus Discoid and Dubias for now. I'll keep in mind to make vents on the sides next time, would really save alot of room(currently not stacking). Thanks I'll fix my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I REALLY didn't like the cardboard egg cartons...they can get moldy plus you have to keep buying new ones every time you clean..I know it's not that often but still ...anyway I got 16' of 3" PVC pipe and cut it into 1' sections and then glued them together in 4 rows of 4 and then stacked them to make a fake hive for my Dubias..when you clean you just take them out and dump out the roaches 1 section at a time and then rinse them off (the pipes not the roaches )...don't glue each level, just stack..I glued the rows so they wouldn't shift and accidently crush the Dubia. I took a small sanding disk and ruffed them up to make them easy to climb too. Used Aquarium safe glue. So what do you think of my setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsman Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Looks pretty cool, drasar...well done! Was wondering if there could be a few 'entrances' cut into the pipe at intervals to facilitate access to the roaches? Once they're in to those pipes, they pack in pretty tight, I've noticed. Would also give them the space required to build communities...?? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Great idea about the Entrances Huntsman, I'll do that...Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm still trying to figure out what I can use to cut a hole in PVC pipe large enough to fit an adult Dubia...None of my Drill bits are anywhere big enough..don't want to have to drill and then file by hand that many holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsman Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I'm still trying to figure out what I can use to cut a hole in PVC pipe large enough to fit an adult Dubia...None of my Drill bits are anywhere big enough..don't want to have to drill and then file by hand that many holes. Use a Jig Saw...(not sure what that's called in the U$A, but it's a thin blade on a power saw that can cut around bends, etc.) Cut out wedges the shape of Orange Segments, and Voila! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Yeah..good idea, thanks..I'll just drill a hole to start and then make it bigger with the saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Interesting update...seems the Dubs are packing themselves into the spaces between the pipes so far..a few are actually in the pipes but most are in the areas beside and under and over them..thought this was interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsman Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Just wait until they start breeding - they'll fill every crevasse available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drasar Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I wish they would hurry up and start breeding ..and BTW I posted an updated pict of the enclosure..with the others. I also put in much shallower feeding dishes, think some of them were having troubles getting into the older ones.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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