Quote Originally Posted by Hypancistrus View Post
We have a small colony of dubias that is just getting going. How old do they have to be to eat the babies? And how do you feed them? I'd worry about dropping roaches into his main viv because they could escape.
My little guys/gals (around 4 weeks'ish) and yours is probably bigger eat baby dubias with gusto!!! LOL Just finished feeding the little boogers a bit ago. I take them out, dust them and then drop them in the feeding dish. If they see the dubias they'll usually jump in and attack!!! If they don't and their "picking daisies in the corner" I will drop one near them and they'll chase them down and devour them...LOVE IT!! I usually keep that up till I think they might be done. I try not to leave tiny dubias in the cage because they might slip through a crack. But dubias can't fly (or usually males might flutter with fervor and did escape a couple of my cages before I escape-proofed them)...I hope this makes sense? But yes, they can eat baby dubias...