Jen we have our original colony of ASF's in a large 30 gallon glass tank. We have a second trio we are just starting out in a smaller tank but they also have a 30 gallon for when they start producing litters. We keep only one mature male in with 2 females. This seems to produce a nice number of offspring that we can feed off quickly enough to avoid being overrun with ASF's.

Due to issues of possible prey imprinting we feed the ASF's only to certain snakes and will be starting any hatchlings we produce and intend to sell or trade on regular rats.

I do like the ASF's for their ability to get some of our snakes on a healthy eating pattern (especially the WC/LTC adults we have). I like that they don't smell and they produce consistently. I don't like that they tend to be nippy and you do have to watch them closely for that. They are also awful bottle chewers so I've gone to glass bottles for them. I haven't tried a wheel yet, so I may try that.

All in all, I'd say I enjoy my regular rats more but I completely appreciate the role ASF's have in our feeding program and am glad Mike talked me into trying them.