Roach breeding.

[poison]

I was going to mix species but if that's a bad idea then I won't. Surely if they are all well fed and have plenty of space these non aggressive, scavengers won't fight.

Hissers will fight no matter how much space or food you give them. When males find each other they will headbutt each other.

[Truffs1178]

Hissers will fight no matter how much space or food you give them. When males find each other they will headbutt each other.

Will they fight all other roaches or can they tell if its a male hisser? I was going to mix the different species. If a hisser came across a dubia would it attack or just wander by?

[poison]

Males give off a musky odor so they only attack the males. Not sure if they would attack other species though.

[demon amphibians]

Males give off a musky odor so they only attack the males. Not sure if they would attack other species though.

Absolutly. Male dubias and hissers fight like cats and dogs. That is why you have the 1 male 3 females rule. It reduces the fighting suggnificantly. But you will always have the male compitition with both species. That is just part of there nature. But I didnt think that the two species would compete with each other because they do not cross breed. Nymphs however will not fight or compete. I have only kept nymphs of both spieces together.

[Truffs1178]

Absolutly. Male dubias and hissers fight like cats and dogs. That is why you have the 1 male 3 females rule. It reduces the fighting suggnificantly. But you will always have the male compitition with both species. That is just part of there nature.

Roaches fighting is natural so I presume I can mix these species with lots of females and not many males.

[demon amphibians]

Roaches fighting is natural so I presume I can mix these species with lots of females and not many males.

It would be your best bet. Just keep in mind dubia and hissers will not cannibalize if conditions are right if they do it will be some little you will not even notice. BUT other spieces will cannibalize. And other speices will be more aggressive. Poison may be able to give you better info on the various other speices. Now you can successfully keep these speices together. you may have fighting here and there but it will not be a full out war. The point Poison and I are trying to get to is they will do just fine together but breeding will not be optimal. Just like the protien diet your colony will flourish even if fed cat and dog food. But breeding will be 4 times higher if you do not feed protien. And you will have less random deaths. It is really hard to go wrong with roaches so long as you provide the proper temps, humidty and food. We just want you to get the full potential out of your bugs.
And finally to answer your question yes you want at least 1 male to every 3 females. The larger your colony the less the ratio. for example A 500 adult female colony will only require 100 males maybe even less then that. Right now i have my colony about 1 male to 8 females and they are breeding faster then i can get rid of them.

[Truffs1178]

Ok thanks guys. In case you were wondering the reason I want each of these species is because Dubias are the most common and nutritious, Turkistan are fast and draw lots of attention to them selves, lobsters breed really fast and hisses are big.