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Old 07-03-2009, 03:11 PM
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Default Re: crickets

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Originally Posted by gary1218 View Post
I'm not looking to feed out the adult crickets. I want the adult crickets to breed so I can get the pinhead crickets to feed out to my thumbs & pums. So, initially I need crickets of breeding age.

I am getting 50-60 adult crickets at a time now from a local pet store. I have a set up that works well for that small a number but I'm not getting enough pinhead crickets to feed out to all my tanks. I was thinking of cranking up the numbers on the adults.
This is often because some of the cricket suppliers send out crickets that have already dumped a lot of thier eggs. If they carry the 3/4 sized crickets get those and rear them to adults in a couple of weeks as those will produce a lot more eggs.

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