I have tried a few methods (including bugstop). The only drawback for vegetable oil is you have to reapply after 1-2 months compare to BUgstop which last a very long time. If the vegetable oil will drip into the cage it is not harmful to lobster roach even when the roaches consumed it. And you can wipe the vegetable oil off and reuse the container for something else whereas the bugstop paint is hard to get rid off, especially when your culture exploded and you decide to change a bigger container, you have to buy more bugstop to apply on the bigger cage too.
Rick, you can try to use only egg crates as "substrate" and see how it goes. I like clean cage so i clean it once a month. Cleaning the cage is never easy even without substrtate, so it is worse with coconut fiber or peat and most likely you will end up throwing some lobster roach nymphs away. But they reproduce quickly so there is never a problem losing a few if your wife/GF/mother can tolerate it :wink: All the best to your lobster roach culture.
Rick, you can try to use only egg crates as "substrate" and see how it goes. I like clean cage so i clean it once a month. Cleaning the cage is never easy even without substrtate, so it is worse with coconut fiber or peat and most likely you will end up throwing some lobster roach nymphs away. But they reproduce quickly so there is never a problem losing a few if your wife/GF/mother can tolerate it :wink: All the best to your lobster roach culture.
