Sorting Dubia Roaches | The Easiest Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2019
- Dubia Roaches are a great source of free food for your reptiles and geckos. But sorting them is a pain in the You-Know-What! Here are a couple of easy options to save you tons of time sorting your dubias.
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I cannot tell you how wonderful this video was to stumble upon. I truly needed this as I’m just getting started with Dubia roaches. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much Donna. Comments like this are the reason we do the videos. Thanks!
I just got a bearded dragon and a friend gave us roaches to breed and this is so useful!
Fantastic! Thanks for the kind words.
Far out and outta site you make it look like fun. Thanks again Ricky 💃🏼🕺🏼🎸🪳
Thanks :)
Great video- I've been looking for something like this. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Wow, great idea. Thanks for sharing this.
My pleasure. Let me know if you have any other questions.
This is brilliant! I canf believe it doesnt have more views!!
Thank you very much.
Very great video, and alot of helpful infomation, with dubia breeding, I have a colony which I use for my cave gecko, pictus gecko and even my anole eats dubia nymphs.
Bob, always good to see you. Thanks for the comment. I really feel, like I said in the beginning that if you are not breeding dubias, you are loosing out.
I am still not sold on Dubia, but I had to come here to say that the gecko on a penny that you show at roughly 2 minutes literally blew my mind! It's so tiny!!!!
Isn't that crazy.... and I've worked with much smaller geckos!
Awesome video liked keep up the good work and stay connected plus sorry for the disturbance 🙏🏼
Thank you so much. Will do.
Nanette must really Love you Wally! Haha, I don't know if I could get my significant other to tend to my dubias for me haha. Love the bucket strategy, when my colony gets to be that big I am definitely giving that a try! Thanks for sharing so much helpful info!
:) I don't know why she loves me but I am very fortunate (99.99999% of the time, I deal with the rest :)
I was wondering about the most effective way to do this. Thank you!
Thank you for watching. What questions do you still have?
@@SupremeGecko none now! Thanks!
She looks so pissed sorting them dubias
Focused! :)
Awesome video)
Thank you very much.
Well done mate
Thank you
Awesomeee 😊😊
Thank you my friend.
Love this vid. But how do you change out the "bedding" without accidently releasing any baby roaches into the trash?
Hi Linda. I have no idea why this comment was missed but, we either freeze the frass before throwing away, or throw it in a bucket with an air tight top then let it sit in the garage for a few weeks. Sorry for the delay!
This is fantastic. I know what I am making next.
And it is so easy! Thanks for watching.
@@SupremeGecko its easy, but you have to have 10 containers in order to do it
Thank you soooo much. I’m so tired of picking one dubia roach out at a time for 2 different reptiles it takes forever and makes me not want to do it.
I feel your pain as that is exactly how we did it! Best of luck!
Really enjoyed the Tag Team Roach Wrangling Video. When breeding & raising is there any advantage to keeping bins of size sorted roaches vs bins of mixed sizes? Thanks For Your Time: Shawn
Thanks Shawn. Many people see the video as Nanette doing all the work :) Advantage- time saved in feeding to specific animals. Babies separated from parents do better. Disadvantage- # of containers, time to feed and maintain.
Great video! How many adult Dubias do you have per container? I know you mentioned it was a fairly new set up. Also, you said you average 70-80 grams, how many roughly would you say that comes out to? Thanks for the great info! I’d love to chat about raising Dubias, you seem to have it down to a science!
How many dubia per container- now around 100-150 or so I'm guessing. No idea how many in 70-80 grams. We also are now getting around 150 grams per harvest per container. I'm always trying to learn and trying to pass that on to other people.
Great videos
Thank you very much First Ladieee. I appreciate that.
@@SupremeGecko you’re welcome 🤩
I definitely need to start breeding them! I have just been buying them online every few weeks from dubia roaches .com. this seems like a great way to sort them!
It really does not take a lot to breed. I may do a video on this "Breeding Dubias Small Scale".
@@SupremeGecko that would be awesome! I do not have a ton of animals but it is just enough that I should probably start to breed them
Hello, thank you for the great content! What do you with the frass?
I use it for our flowers. Bag it, throw it in the garage for a couple months, then use.
This video was very helpful thank you I ordered 100 dubia and I have them in a bin for about 2 months now and they are all different sizes should I separate the sizes they are not breeding yet some are alimony an inch longthere still growing it’s my first time doing this
I try to keep only adult dubias in the breeding containers
Thanks for the tip on using eggshells, I will be adding it to the tubs!! How many cultures of Dubias do you have??
Very glad this helped. I have 4 big bins like you see in the video full of breeding adults. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Supreme Gecko good to know. Thank you! I currently just have 2 but I haven’t fed any since I got them so I can build up numbers!!! Awesome video once again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
@@jdamelines My pleasure entirely. Thanks for watching.
Wouldn’t you want a softer exoskeleton? That would mean less chiton for you’re reptiles to digest
Nice video and great tips. In the end you mentioned not use water crystals anymore but just veggies. Why is it?
I don't want any possibility of the polycarbonate materials being passed on to my geckos. From a nature standpoint, it just makes sense to me. But, it's all theory unfortunately.
The lady looks so done, lmaooo- Every once in a while she looks at the camera dude with this wry smile, like "Ah, yes. Time for the monthly Roach Weighing(TM)"
The lady is my wife. Nanette is a WONDERFUL person. We will try to make these 'roach cleanings' more UPLIFTING and JOYFUL for you next time :)
@@SupremeGecko No need for Nanette to "act" .
You said she has a wonderful personality, let that wonderful personality shine even if she does dread sorting, it would be great to hear her sigh and say This is what marriage is all about, helping your husband sort roaches 😆 Ect. IMO she did great she was giving a demonstration while you narrated
@@addiegraves3 Thanks. Made me smile. No, Nanettes going to be Nanette. But, I was thinking some comic relief or a fun tune in the background.
Is this the video where Nanette said “I hate my job, I hate my job” under her breath?
It might be :)
QUESTION: Do I have to separate out my feeding dubias from breeding colony's? Is that a nesscarry step? Or Can i keep all the dubias together? I only have one bearded dragon, she eats smalls for now.
You can keep them all together. For those with more mouths to feed, it has been observed that higher yields occur by pulling the young out of the breeding enclosure regularly.
Hi, awesome video 👍
Other than your 4 main colonies how many tubs do you need for the ones you've seperated by size or are you just feeding/selling the mid size roaches after harvest? I have a good colony but didn't know how to sort them until now. Now I'm thinking I might need 3 more tubs for once they are seperated which is fine but I'm curious how you do it. Thanks in advance and hi from Ireland 🇮🇪
I have 3 other 19qt tubs usually that hold small dubia that I feed out. I feed mealworms, crickets, dubia, and other foods.
@@SupremeGecko Thanks for the quick reply. I'm doing the same with crickets and superworms plus some waxworms now and then but I want to produce a lot more. Have you done similar videos to this for the crickets? Would love to see now you sort them and any tips. Thanks again 👍
@@tribex11 Great question. I have bred crickets but only for the pinheads to feed very small geckos. I don't raise them up because of the time it takes. I would suggest though, if you do, #1 tip is to keep the youngsters humid and fed with veggies (changed often so they don't mold).
Okay I found lol awesome video Wally
This is so funny Andrew. Hope it helped.
@@SupremeGecko it helped a lot
Nice vid, my colony is going pretty strong I average around 40 babies a week which is enough to maintain my collection
How many adults do you have to maintain that?
Thanks for watching. And thanks for the nice comment.
@@Sostic You are asking PTG, correct?
@@SupremeGecko I was but if you could help that would be great too. I'm hoping to start my own colony sometime within the next year or so
Sostic I have around 20 females and 4 males, the production rate could probably be higher if I got a bigger under tank heater since mine is only meant for 1-5 gallon tank. I’m only trying to feed a Crested Gecko and 3 leopard geckos though so I really don’t need a ton of baby dubias.
can you give the dimensions of the inches of the four types of drills in centimeters
I wish I could. Unfortunately, this was a few years ago. My suggestion would be to test yourself and come up with the right size. Try on a cardboard box first.
How about moisture the egg carton ? Will have any problem? And this is really nice video 😆😆
Not an issue if it dries out fairly quickly.
Hey first id like to say sorry for my long "essay" lol im not so good at keeping it short
So question number 1, i dont know if i missed the part or not but im curious about the temprature and how you keep their tempratures i know from other videos i have seen they had said the temprature has to be around 85°F to 90°F? Is this true and how does one keep that temprature without things getting way to hot.
And second question, what stage of cockroach would you feed to an adult bearded dragon? So about 12 inches from nose to base of tail i know roughly its about 5 cockroaches for an adult beardie but the size of cockroach for this specific animal would really help as im switching her from leafy greens all the time to maybe leafy greens and bugs (cockroaches) if that makes sence. I personally am new to beardies but my hubby has alot more experience than i, however on that note i dont think hes ever fed beardies cockroaches before so this experience is both new to us so im doing my own research on this matter because it is a healthier option for this type of lizard.
Im starting with 2 males and 2 female deathhead cockroaches as dubais are illegal where im from and i dont think there is much a difference with temprature with this species but thats also something im going to definetly find out soon too, im wondering now if this colony would be far too small for what i need and it might take abit longer to start getting it going
Thank you for your time in reading, i hope to hear from you guys soon :)
No apologies necessary. This was more on sorting than keeping/care. 1. 80 degrees F We have a room that stays 80. But you can use a heat mat and thermostat on your dubia container. 2. Medium size. Try it! If too big, feed smaller :) Finally, hold back half your newborn to grow out for the next generation of breeders. Best of luck!
so my question is with a 68 gram or 75-150 gram monthly yield what size colony do u have? do you have any good methods on sorting the frass from the nymphs? also when classifying the dubia by size do you leave them time to go through the holes or do u give them for example 30 seconds to get through the hole and if they dont get through then they are classified as that size?
I have 4 colonies actually. Each one has probably 250 females or so. For separating from frass, not a good method other than throwing an egg carton on the frass and a carrot on top then collecting ever couple hours. When separating, I shake the containers every 5 minutes or so and then collect probably around 30 minutes later. Let me know if this answers your questions.
Thanks 4 this video ! I just wondering abt how much dubias is the 68gr ? Thanks
I'll have to count sometime :) Thank you very much for watching.
What size would you suggest would be good for about 1 1/2 year old bearded dragon? Would a colony of 20 females to 5 males give me enough output to maintain feeding 1 dragon about that age?
I would go with about 1/2 to 3/4. That should do the trick. 5.20 should also be fine. They that and if you are still buying crickets to fill in, hold back another tub to get 5-10 more males. Hope this helps.
Hi where do I put there chow in a dish or just on the floor
We do a dish (low profile) and set the egg cartons right on the dish so they can get their little heads right in there to feed :)
When i first started breeding my Dubia's, i too would put in veggie pieces but it would NVR fail not even 2-3 days later i would have an issue with fruit flies/gnats in & around my bin of Dubia's! Which then means i have to clean out/reset my bin. (Info i was told by other breeders when i first started, is that correct by the way?)but i definitely would like to know How you work around or prevent that issue with your bins?? I almost have to go back in to remove anything fresh no longer then 24 hrs. Plz help thanks
Sorry for the very late reply. The secret is all in the amount you feed. Dubias do not have to have veggies in their enclosure ALL the time. Provide a nice grain food (wheat bran/oats/corn meal) and feed only the amount of veggies they will eat in about 3-4 hours. It will take a couple feedings to get use to the amount but start small and work your way up. Please let me know if this helps.
How do you clean the poop out or how do you get the babies out of the poop I'm assuming it doesn't really bother them since it's not cleaned out that often but I would still like to know how to clean them out of the poop. The only thing I can think of is separate the adults dump all the poop into another container and feed that container of babies until they're big enough to collect in one of the buckets that have holes.
After collecting all the adults (then setting them back up in an adult container) and the babies from the egg cartons, we do dump the frasse and the babies into another big container. But we don't grow this container out to get adults. We put egg cartons on the frasse horizontally and knock off the babies when then collect. We collect the babies from this container several times a day for 2-3 days until almost all the babies are collected, then hand collect from there.
actual hole size would be nice
When I get a chance, I'll run down and measure.
Since you asked so nicely :) I've put the sizes in the description.
So with those small dubias, do you feed them all off or put them in a new bin to raise up to mediums? Are you sorting 1x a month?
Great questions. I usually feed off the babies collected that month to my geckos. I have a lot of small geckos :) Sometimes, if I have too many, I will let them grow up into adults and replace one of my breeder tubs with these new adults.
Love the Beetlejuice clip
Thanks :) Love little snippets added. Makes it fun.
What are the metal screen cover pieces called that you have in your bins?
Do you mean the ventilation holes in the BIG bins? That is simply heavy window screening.
At what time should I split my nymphs so the females will breed quicker?? I heard that the mother's tend to not reproduce as much when the babies are with them?? I'm scared if I do it to soon they will die and that it will stress my colony.
You can take the babies as soon as you like. As long as they are cared for correctly, they will do just fine.
Keeping some young and poops for them to eat , stimulates breeding , and , unless your room is warm and mostly dark ?
Dark containers are better for secure feeling Mommas
Yes
I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. I know the ideal ratio is 4/5 females to 1 male. If you have a huge bin, how do you determine if you have the correct ratio? I can't imagine separating them out by hand to get the right 4:1 ratio.
My second question is how do you separate the tiny babies from the dirt when cleaning bins? Or do you just leave the frass and tiny babies in the bin?
Thanks. Love your videos.
Thanks Joyce for the questions and for watching the video. :) No, I do not count them out. I do a small section, like 10 males and 40 females- then I try to match the ration (per size of the group) to get my big colony. It's all by feel and close enough for me. Each collection we do (1/month) only includes shaking off the egg cartons. Once every 4-5 months I will clean completely and collect the babies from the frass. Not an easy job. Hope this helps. Thanks you again for watching.
@@SupremeGecko Thanks!
@@eldonmo65026 My pleasure. Let me know anytime you have any other questions
@@SupremeGecko I definitely will! I raise bearded dragons, so breeding my own dubia is a necessity. I have 8 adult beardies. No babies or juveniles at this time. That's a whole other story: trying to have enough small dubia for all the babies since one female beardie lays an average of 30 eggs a time. Lol. But thanks for the info.
@@eldonmo65026 LOL- that's my goal too. To have just enough to feed the geckos I have. Thanks for sharing.
How do you use heat the enclosure, do you heat the room?
Great question- I'm fortunate to have a room devoted to bugs so I heat the room to 80 but I also have heat mats in each adult bug enclosure to get the temps to the low 90s.
How do you clean out the tubs? I have hundreds of babies and adults all in the same tub, and they smell badly. I've changed out the egg flats, but I can't dump and wash the whole thing because of the babies and all the frass mixed in.
Hi Kris, Get one of those 50 qt containers, sort out the bigger and smaller through the method I describe in the video, then, you should have MOST of the babies sorted from the frass but you will still have some mixed in. Then, pour all the frass in the 50qt container, put an egg flat on top, feed with a potato slice, leave for an hour or so, come back and harvest the babies from the potato and the egg flat. Good Luck.
I recently had 150 female and only 17 male and now I’ve got about 150 mail. I’ve never seen one of them grow up why is that?
Well, there could be several reasons. It might be predation.
What do you feed your Dubias? I saw the zucchini, but was that baby chicken feed you put in with them?
Kenneth, it is as a base. A good grain is a huge part of their diet. And you?
@@SupremeGecko My Dubias are doing well on wheat bran and misc veggies. I am going to try baby chicken feed and maybe grind it down to a very fine consistency.
Do you know if Dubia can carry reptile Adenovirus ?
I don't know personally. However, we always wash our hands after handling any insects used as feeders in our facility. As well, I do know their droppings can cause allergic reactions in some people.
So how many roaches are there with the weight?
Six thousand, four hundred and 78
Where do you purchase the egg crates?
I get mine from a local restaurant we go to. Great people and they save the egg cartons for us.
How many tubs would you recommend for someone that is just breeding to feed their reptiles.....do you rotate?
Depending on the # of reptiles. ;)
No, we don't rotate.
Isnt High Calcium bad for the roaches because of their exoskeleton?
yes
Just purchased two leopard geickos and want to start breeding Dubias for food source. How many colonies would you suggest?
Just one should be fine. Start with about 5 males and 20-25 females.
Supreme Gecko , thanks for your video and help getting started.
@@Neil_M75 anytime. Keep my posted on how this goes
How much did it cost for all those buckets?
Not sure I remember. I think I got them from a friend giving them away. The are in any home improvement store for 3 or 4 bucks
like.
Thank you
Do you sell them?
Right now, no but may in the near future.
Thanks! this video is really helpful. I have a dubia colony. My concern is do I need to segregate the Adult dubia to let em breed?
Hey Mark. Some will say if you separate the young quickly from the adults, you will get more babies. I say, just let them go. I harvest about 1 time per month.
Supreme Gecko Thanks!
@@skinwhite6254 My pleasure. ANYTTIME!
not a question on dubias but my leo is 5 inch's from his tail to to his nose how old is he?
It really depends.
@@SupremeGecko what does it depend on?
@@sizz_y1987 It's really like this- If I said my son was 4'1" and asked you how old he was, you might not have any idea (you might get pretty close) because it depends on genetics, how much he eats, whether he's been healthy al his life, etc.
How do you separate your male and female dubia roaches? I wanna feed off some of my adult males.
To be honest, I don't unless I have too many males in a breeding bin. The, it's a pretty manual process. How many adults are you working with?
@@SupremeGecko It is my breeding g bin. Last count which was over 6 months ago is slightly over 100. In my last separation of babies. I visually noticed alot more males then females in the bin while sifting.
@@heathknarr7442 I like to have far less males than females.
So whatever babies are left in the frass you leave them in the breeding container?
For individual, monthly harvests yes. But about once every 3-4 months, I collect the babies from the frass.
@@SupremeGecko how do you do that? What’s the best way to soeterate the babies from the frass. Even smaller holes in a bucket?
@@ashleyfuller5923 Even smaller holes in the bucket will work but still won't be close to 100%. The best way (and this is why we do this 1/3-4 months, is to put all the frass & baby mixes from all the breeding tubs into another empty tub. Then, put an egg carton on top. Harvest every hour or so (and shake up the frasse after harvesting) for the first day. Then harvest 2-3 times a day for the next few days until you're happy with the yield.
@@SupremeGecko then you would just dump the frass? And they’ll obviously make more. Or do you dump some back in
@@ashleyfuller5923 Personally, I pick the few remaining dubia out, freeze the frame, and then use in the flower garden.
When you say “discard” the males, where do you put them? Sounds silly, but I don’t want to just throw them away. Since it’s not an invasive species, can I throw them outside? We live in nh. Thanks!
Absolutely not. It is so difficult to include EVERYTHING in these videos (and to be honest, I forget to mention half the info I intend to add before actually doing the videos). Please do not discard back into the wild. In about as humane a way as I can, I freeze mine for a couple days before throwing them in the trash. Occasionally, I will offer the, to friends that have larger animals that will take the dubias.
Thank you for your info! But freezing them won’t hurt them? I definitely don’t want them to suffer. Also, our dubia colony we’ve had about a year and half and have never taken any males out before and it’s thriving! Do you think the ladies are stressed? I definitely don’t want them to be. But since they are doing so well, do you think I could just continue to leave the extra males in if the colony is making enough for our collection?
Thanks again for getting back to me!
@@JM-wu3fs What are you using your dubia colony for. If for feeding other animal, its similar to putting the males in the freezer. I don't want any animal to suffer but these are feeder insects. If your colony is thriving, then leave it. If the ratio though is anywhere close to 1.1 to 1.3, then the females could be getting a bit harassed.
You’ve been most helpful. We use our Dubias for breeding our leopard geckos mostly.
I forgot to ask, do you use buffalo beetles for clean up? We noticed our colony was getting overrun by them and they were starting to eat the dubia food more tha. The dubia. So we had to take out most of the buffalo. Now our problem is whether or not to put more back in. Any suggestions?
How does Nanette hate snakes, but Dubias are no problem 😖😖😖? I would take a python any day over roaches 😬😫😫. I gotta figure a way to do this for son's gecko
:) She works with crickets and mealworms but snakes terrify her.
How are you Sir/mam? Do you sell to the wholesaler company?
Where are you located? Do you purchase dubias? You can contact me on FB for more information.
Hello. I have a lot of females and not that many males. Can that mean any issues for the males ?
Not generally. If your ratios are around 1m to 3-4f, you should be fine.
@@SupremeGecko The thing is, I was planning to star breeding myself. And I order about 100 dubia roaches. But there are only 5 males of all of them. Someone said to me that females can kill the males of they a very few. I don't know if that is true or not. I'll try to buy some more males
@@andycristea6784 I've not seemn that. If you are concerned, pull about 50 females out.
How do you keep you dubias warm?
I keep mine in a small, insulated room that I heat with a room heater. The safest option for one container would be a heat mat.
@@SupremeGecko I bought a heat mat but it doesn't get that hot and really doesn't seem to translate into heat through the plastic bin. What brand, size do you use?
@@Blueisdeath1 It really depends on the size of the enclosure, room temps,etc. Have you considered putting the HM right in the tub?
@@SupremeGecko I thought that they might crawl up the cord and out but I thought about it. I have to get the humidity levels right too. So far I uses wet balls of paper towel.
@@Blueisdeath1 If the lid is tight, they will not. I occasionally spray for humidity.
Dose this still work for you
It sure does. The holes seem better than the green mining pans.
I going to get some now
It better then hand pick then
@@Odinexotics ?
@@Odinexotics Yes, the buckets are inexpensive but more importantly, the process works.
Do I need to harvest the Dubias if im just feeding 1 adult dragon. And what size to you give a full grown bearded dragon?
Great questions. You do not need to harvest if you do not wish to. They will keep growing. For an adult BD, I would go with a sub adult.
I shoulda stole some from you while I was there... ;)
And she looks like she wants a divorce...
Dubias? Anytime!
Yes please :)
@@angieschwartz5294 PM on FB and you can certainly come get some. ANYTIME!
I shall! Thank you Mr. Kern!
You will be drilling all day
Na..... took about 15 minutes.
First comment!
How do you transfer all of the Dubias from their breeding tub without getting vermiculite into the sorting bucket?
I don't use vermiculite. But, I don't get any frass (or at least very little) because all the roaches stay on the cardboard eggshells and I only pull them out. But, when I do have to clean the tub, that is not easy to separate the babies.