Two 40-Gallon tanks, oh my! (I need your ideas!)

I love beardies, but they need a LOT of cricket feeding (and I despise crickets). I'm leaning more towards a BTS because they can be fed worms and other meats as well as their vegetable diet with no need for crickets.

You have a carpet python as your avatar, so why not an irian jaya?

I actually might get an irian jaya at some point because I think they are beautiful, but I have AP cages for my larger snakes.

i have 7 leos and a beardie and not a single cricket.

ROACHES ALL THE WAY :D

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

i have 7 leos and a beardie and not a single cricket.

ROACHES ALL THE WAY :D

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My leo gets mealworms and pheonix worms.

How difficult is it to breed roaches?

Dubias are pretty easy to breed..and great! No smell, noise, jumping, you don't even really need to separate the babies from adults like with crickets!

Most people clean out their dubia enclosures like every few months or so..

Edit: http://www.herpcenter.com/breeding-f...ica-dubia.html this is a good care page on breeding them! Awesome feeders!

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I love beardies, but they need a LOT of cricket feeding (and I despise crickets). I'm leaning more towards a BTS because they can be fed worms and other meats as well as their vegetable diet with no need for crickets.

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you don't need to feed crickets to a beardie you can feed them silkworms,roaches and many other things as staples instead

i had dubia colonys STUPIDLY EASY. and u can allways sell extras and make bank.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

My leo gets mealworms and pheonix worms.

How difficult is it to breed roaches?

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It is not difficult to breed them at all as long as you give them the right conditions. 90-100 degree hot spot (litereally, these guys like it warm) 70-75% humidity. Do NOT let it go below 55, they will die during molts and just die from lack of water. Keep them dark.

Ive got my colony set up in a rubbermaid tub with a small screen in the top for air flow. I've found that after 10-11 months some of my original colony breeders are starting to die off, but I've got plenty of others to take their place. It probably took a good 3 months for the colony to get going. Every once in a while I do take a week or two where I get different bugs (mealies or something) to feed to everyone to give the colony a chance to grow.

They are really REALLY easy. Having them has made getting feeders REALLY cheap. The start up is expensive, but once they get going you're good. There is no way I could have the amount of geckos I have without going broke without the roaches.

Personaly i would not place a beardie in a 40 gallon. I had mine in a 40 for about 5 years of his life and he was kind of lethargic and appetite was starting to go down. The second he went into his 150 gallon he became a new dragon. He eats like a champ and is ALWAYS crawling and moving, basking, and just playing around.