Correction

2 for growing, M and F
1 cage for non breeding f (large)
2 cages for breeding (males always in one)
1-2 cages for nursing



Quote Originally Posted by katio92 View Post
I am looking into starting a colony as there is no one selling feeders in my area. I have experience breeding feeders from when I worked at a zoo, they housed them all in one fishtank and I feel like that would be cruel, especially as my main selling point is the fact I will keep all humanly and am a Veterinarian Technician (I am in Canada, its a different type of technician then USA), back to my original reason for response...

If I was to have

1 for vacation
2 for growing, M and F
1 cage for non breeding f (large)
2 cages for breeding

so 6 tanks total with 12 females and 2 males would that be enough? would I need more cages?