How to Make a Cricket Farm
Jimeny Crick - The Cartoon House Cricket
Commercial Cricket Farming Method
I personally failed at my first 4 or 5 cricket farms before I found an easy simple method that works for me. I don’t have time to be sure I change the water and feed my feeder crickets every single day. So I needed to find a more automated system for me, because I tend to be forgetful. So I developed my own cricket farming method that I have seen nobody else use.
First, I place normal aquarium gravel at the bottom of the 10 gallon aquarium. Then I cover the gravel with coconut fiber substrate. The first time I did this I placed the top of a small cola bottle cut open with the mouth facining the open air and filled with gravel so that I could safely fill the bottom of the aquarium without disturbing the substrate or drowning my crickets. Crickets haven’t been very well known for their keen survival skills and it must be remembered that crickets drown easily.
Using this method I turned the entire bottom portion of the 10 gallon aquarium into a perfect place for the crickets to get a drink anytime. This method made all the difference in the world I swear I think I only had about 5 casualties out of the 100 crickets I purchased. One other things I should mention is that this constantly moist substrate becomes a perfect environment for the crickets to incubate their eggs. The only problem is that this method can cause fungus to build up and eventually smell pretty bad and this is the biggest pain about this method. You will also find that gnats like to hang out in the moist area surrounding the coconut fiber substrate. And this can get annoing as well so from time to time you need to remove your substrate and replace it but be sure to be attentive to whether there are pinhead crickets, and eggs on that substrate and move as many as you can to as safe place while you redecorate for your crickets.
This method consistently generates a happy crickets colony for me and you can tell, don’t ask me how just watch them, they love this and you will see your crickets scurring everywhere in the cage. And if they spill their food be sure to watch the fungus that comes up and devours it in a matter of a few days. And remember to have fun with your cricket farm.
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