Quote Originally Posted by Kreamcheese View Post
I was hoping somebody would say dubias. I just ordered mine and hope to start my colony soon. Ordered 15 females/6 males and 50 large nymphs. Is that good for a start? I plan to use crickets still for the next few months before digging into my roaches.
It's usually recommended to start atleast a 100-200 adults. Your 50 large nymphs should be ready to molt into an adult female or male though so that's good. You can start out with that many, it's just going to take longer before you should start picking out of it.

What kind of frogs do you have to feed? If it's a larger more voracious eater like a pixie or pacman, it will take around 4-7 months guessing on the amount you have. If it's a smaller frog that mainly feeds on small-med range nymphs it will only take you a few months depending on the amount of frogs you have maybe longer. Your going to have to wait awhile till they start to really thrive based on the conditions you have them bred in. I'm also feeding mine crickets till my colony gets going, he eats so many of them though it's ridiculous.

I go through 250 large crickets in a few days with one juvenile pixie. Atleast they're cheap in bulk. Definitely not breeding them, they're a pain.

Sorry got a little off the roach topic, just make sure to keep the temps 90-95, oranges for breeding offered with other fruits or vegetables if you choose, moderate humidity, protein chow, cram them together (they're a social roach and production goes quicker when they're in close quarters). They should breed fairly quick for you, your frog will be very happy.