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How do you culture crix and do it so it is sanitary and healthy for darts? I need help on this issue as I have basically only dealt with ff but I need the crix cultured for both my terribillis and my adult breeders that are large. kristy
have an enclosed (escape-proof) aquarium-like enclosure. Fill with 3 inches of potting soil. Add crickets, add cricket food and water. Water soil occasionally. Crickets will grow, mate and lay eggs in soil. Eggs will hatch in decently moist (not wet -wet soil will drown eggs ) soil. You can add egg crates in enclosure to add living demension for crickets so that a higher population can be supported before crickets try to cannibalize eachother.
Crickets will not cannibalize if you provide enough food, water and space for them.
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I had to have crickets all the time for my bearded dragons and believe me they are smelly! I would much rather deal with fruit flies and other cultures.
Fran