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Raising Banded Crickets Bioactively in 2024!
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Күн бұрынI raise Banded Crickets (Grylloides sigillatus) in a Bioactive enclosure. I have been raising these crickets as live food in this enclosure for more than a year and a half. It is an extremely easy way to raise your own crickets as a live feeders for reptiles, amphibians, and other pets! This method greatly reduces any odors (it smells mostly like forest soil), and I vastly prefer it over traditional methods of culturing crickets.
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@dirtycorn4958 4 ай бұрын
I never attempted breeding crickets before but found your videos and liked the idea of non smelly crickets so decided to try this. About a month ago i set up my bin and just bought 25 small crickets (dont know the species) and put in the bin. 2 weeks later i heard my first chirp. Tonight, when going to mist the enclosure, about a month after setting it up, i noticed i had teeny tiny cruckets. I havent been that excited in a while lol. So far this seems to be working great for me! Hopefully the babies grow up and don't die off on me. Thanks so much for the tutorial videos! 😀
@Aquarimax 3 ай бұрын
I am glad to hear it is going well for you so far! I hope you continue to have success!
@mountainhobbit1971 7 ай бұрын
very nice setup, those banded crickets seem to be thriving. Thanks Rus and happy Friday.
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Thanks Sean, happy Friday to you!
@Valhalla1987 7 ай бұрын
Answered my question before I could even ask it! I was excited to see this update video after hearing about it from the live stream (that I missed) and here you are already! Really appreciate all you do thanks again Russ
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Delighted to hear that my timing was so good! BTW, your shirt is on the way!
@cabk.4538 7 ай бұрын
So excited to see an update! I've had trouble with getting pinheads to hatch and live personally.
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Hopefully this method works for you as well as it has for me 👍🏼
@frankdughtank8327 7 ай бұрын
I love Bioactive feeder tubs!
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Me too!!
@Konniebugg96 3 ай бұрын
A couple of inquiries: 1. How do you maintain springtail population whilst cleaning out substrate? 2. What kind of heater can go on a plastic bin like that, safely? All the ones I have ever purchased always say "for use on glass only".
@Aquarimax 3 ай бұрын
- with these temps and moisture levels, if I replace up to 75% of the substrate, the springtail population bounces back quickly. - use a heater at your own risk, of course. Personally, I use pads like this: #ad amzn.to/454dVuW
@Konniebugg96 3 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax good to know! Thank you
@Lake2LandAquatics 7 ай бұрын
Going to try this today. Omw to expo now..... Thanks so much Rus!
@sparklepupfaeri7069 7 ай бұрын
My guess with the isos and crickets is the powder isopod is very protein hungry.. I bet you they were eating crickets. Im not ever going to crickets ever again (i just dont like them 😅) but i still love learning. Thanks for the awesome video!
@madmax566 7 ай бұрын
Yes sir, what a good video thanks
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Glad to know it is helpful!
@madmax566 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax I got a question will mealworms do good in it
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
@@madmax566 they might…but I wouldn’t be surprised if they ate cricket eggs
@Ramingor 7 ай бұрын
Happy new year Rus, hope you and your family are doing well. Could it be time to update the isopod keeping guide with your renowned knowledge? Would also love to see the blue death feigning beetles again at some point
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Both great ideas! Happy New Year to you!
@AnthonysFishyFriends 7 ай бұрын
Definitely have to give this a shot. Haven't had any luck with crickets
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Banded crickets are hardier than house crickets, and this method seems to work well with them!
@Powerminotau Ай бұрын
I want to do something like this but add a rocky geo structure, maybe with gems on some shiny rock to pretty it up with a waterfall providing a light stream for the crickets. Is that doable?
@Aquarimax Ай бұрын
That sounds really pretty! I think there would be some pretty steep logistical issues to overcome…such as how to prevent the little crickets, especially, from drowning, and how to keep them from crawling up the pump cord…
@ChantalsCritters 7 ай бұрын
Great information
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@zer0coolninja887 7 ай бұрын
❤
@ashsoj1 5 ай бұрын
Great video and can you please make more beetle content
@seansspoods9521 7 ай бұрын
Ive tried alot of different ways to breed crickets, without much success, ill give this way a go and fingers crossed
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
This way is my favorite method (and I have used various methods), let me know how it goes for you!
@seansspoods9521 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax Yeah I will do, I have got them to breed before, several times but I can't get them past the 2nd or 3rd instar which is really annoying.
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
@@seansspoods9521 I have seen that in the past with too much humidity or not enough heat. Fingers crossed! 🤞
@seansspoods9521 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax I'll definitely be having a go mate, cheers 👍🏻
@JS-hk4hc 7 ай бұрын
Funny, I bought such tiny crickets 2 weeks ago!
@Euro.Patriot 3 ай бұрын
How do I warm them? I have an 80L tub with about 2 inches of vermiculite as the substrate and a 4"×10" mesh hole for ventilation. I have a small heatpad but it's not enough, it's winter in Australia and recently to temperature started dropping to 10°c at night. They chirp sometimes but they've beem mature for about 2 weeks and I haven't seen any breeding and the egg container is empty.
@Aquarimax 3 ай бұрын
You may need a bigger heat pad. In the winter, i use ne in each side wall of the bin.
@Euro.Patriot 3 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax A bigger one is arriving next week, I'll try that.
@jeanniewilson8015 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. What crickets did you start your colony with? Did you just start with some random ones? Im at the point i could benefit raising my own. :)
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I started with banded crickets (Grylloides sigillatus) I ordered from Josh’s Frogs. 👍🏼
@jeanniewilson8015 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax thank you! I really appreciate the information on these. I find your videos to be very helpful. Happy Friday and New Year!
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
@@jeanniewilson8015 Thank you, and Happy New Year to you!
@guts872 7 ай бұрын
nice
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
😁
@richardr3511 14 күн бұрын
Do dead crickets kill the alive ones? I can't find the dead ones in the substrate and I've heard the smell of the dead ones will. I'd like to keep my chirping male cricket alive. I did add a female the other day. What bugs eats cricket sh*t and dead ones? Sadly my isopods all died.
@donteague614 7 ай бұрын
When you harvest for size how do you separate?
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I generally don’t do that in large numbers, but if I did, I would use containers with various sizes of mesh on the bottom to sort them.
@kanetheoutcast1835 7 ай бұрын
What temperature do you have the heat mats set to?
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I’ll have to check again, I think the larger one is near 100 F (but since it is on the side, the crickets aren’t sitting directly on it) and the smaller one is somewhat cooler.
@TheWaffle777 7 ай бұрын
Heat tape?
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I use heat mats, but heat tape could work too.
@TheWaffle777 7 ай бұрын
@Aquarimax ah those UTH looked like tape lol
@dhgodzilla1 7 ай бұрын
Crickets are like the Chickens of the Insect World
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
Indeed they are! They are a staple food around the world. they are easy to raise, and they both have drumsticks 😂 🍗
@cambuxton6835 7 ай бұрын
I had free ones of these crickets in my old house all the time. They are PROLIFIC breeders. Got a lizard that likes to eat a lot of them? Good if you do and decide to raise them. They will need to eat a ton of these things to keep them under control.
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I saw these crickets roaming around outside in Southern California when I visited a few years ago.
@cambuxton6835 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax oh no! They are pesky things. Protect your crops. They will eat just about any kind of plant. Sometimes they will eat each other too if they are hungry enough.
@JS-hk4hc 7 ай бұрын
Why 🦗 must be so cute?
@jdssurf 7 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie man, I ended up with some bandeds not too long ago and they were brutal loud and obnoxious lol, if my tarantulas didn't eat them, i would have to hunt them down and feed them to my fish or they would keep me up all night lol. They didn't just chirp like regular crix, it was constant and ridiculous lolololol
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
I have found it very interesting how some people have quieter banded, while others have loud ones. There may be different species sold as banded crickets, because mine are far quieter than house crickets. 🤣
@jdssurf 7 ай бұрын
@@Aquarimax No, I heard yours in the background lol, maybe I don't mean loud, but just obnoxious lol. Regular crix go chirp...............................chirp chirp...................................chirp..............................chirp chirp These things go. chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirpchirpchirpchirpchirpchirpchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiichirpchirpchirpchirp.....lmao
@Aquarimax 7 ай бұрын
@@jdssurf I see what you mean. These have a more constant chirp pattern
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