Kaddock
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Allpet Roach forum is too slow for me once again, so I've transferred this here!- (thanks for saying hi Hibiscusmile!)
Post#1
I've been successfully culturing Gromphadorhina portentosa for quite some time now on a diet of mixed fruits and veggies, and fluker's hi-cal cricket diet gut-load powder on the side. Now every store in town has stopped selling the powder, so I bought some fluker's orange cube diet. The equality of the nutritional content between these two feeds seems dubious, so I'd like some advice on what ya'll think. Are the orange cubes as nutritious? They say that they are a full range, vitamin packed diet. The hi-cal powder says it's specifically for gut-loading. They both are rather vague on what exactly they've got in them though...
The fact that I am buying a jar of stinky, artificially colored gelatin for $8 is also not something I'm happy about! Sphagnum moss has been working fine for water, so the moisture in this food is redundant for my setup. This stuff better be worth it! I barely have the time to slice up the fresh produce for my animals anymore, and I'd hate to have them lacking in the other half of their diet to boot. I have my eye on the repashy bug burger diet as well. Comments? :-\
Examples of these items-
Hi-Cal
Orange Cube
Burger
Post#2
I could definitely make my own roach food... I guess maybe I'll just do that next time I make fly cultures, since several of the ingredients are going to be out anyway. My main concern would be making sure they get all their vitamins and such. I was trying to make less work for myself though! Hmmm... I think a recipe like this might work-
Broccoli
Kale
Apple
Flax Seed
Carrot
Nutritional Yeast
Orange
Tomato
Potato (for consistency)
Blend, press into small patties and freeze/refrig until needed.
Any suggestions? I think that covers a pretty good range of nutrients, yes? The last time a made a fly culture with Tomato, it kept for a loooong time. This is not to be confused with my fly culture recipe, which is a little more simple, but still bad***.
Post#1
I've been successfully culturing Gromphadorhina portentosa for quite some time now on a diet of mixed fruits and veggies, and fluker's hi-cal cricket diet gut-load powder on the side. Now every store in town has stopped selling the powder, so I bought some fluker's orange cube diet. The equality of the nutritional content between these two feeds seems dubious, so I'd like some advice on what ya'll think. Are the orange cubes as nutritious? They say that they are a full range, vitamin packed diet. The hi-cal powder says it's specifically for gut-loading. They both are rather vague on what exactly they've got in them though...
The fact that I am buying a jar of stinky, artificially colored gelatin for $8 is also not something I'm happy about! Sphagnum moss has been working fine for water, so the moisture in this food is redundant for my setup. This stuff better be worth it! I barely have the time to slice up the fresh produce for my animals anymore, and I'd hate to have them lacking in the other half of their diet to boot. I have my eye on the repashy bug burger diet as well. Comments? :-\
Examples of these items-
Hi-Cal
Orange Cube
Burger
Post#2
I could definitely make my own roach food... I guess maybe I'll just do that next time I make fly cultures, since several of the ingredients are going to be out anyway. My main concern would be making sure they get all their vitamins and such. I was trying to make less work for myself though! Hmmm... I think a recipe like this might work-
Broccoli
Kale
Apple
Flax Seed
Carrot
Nutritional Yeast
Orange
Tomato
Potato (for consistency)
Blend, press into small patties and freeze/refrig until needed.
Any suggestions? I think that covers a pretty good range of nutrients, yes? The last time a made a fly culture with Tomato, it kept for a loooong time. This is not to be confused with my fly culture recipe, which is a little more simple, but still bad***.
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