> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:40:41 -0500
> From: brian bettencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> yes I indeed have a stable population going in the vivarium. Every 2-3
> months, bingo, I hear chirping adults. So yeah, I really should just
> clean the whole dang thing out. It's just enormous though, so it's a 2
> person job, and I live alone. Convincing friends that scooping out 40
> gallons of mud and gravel is a fun task is difficult!
Here's a suggestion:
1. In the evening, place lizard in a tub or other temporary home. Put
hungry geckos or other nocturnal cricket eaters in lizard tank.
2. Next morning replace animals in original homes.
3. Repeat when necessary.
This will probably work best with leos or other animals that are easy to
catch and handle.
Another suggestion: I've had good luck catching young fish in heavily
planted aquaria using a sort of minnow trap made by cutting the top off
a plastic pop bottle just below where it become cylindrical, turning it
upside down and pushing it into the rest of the bottle. The former top
makes a kind of funnel that guides the animals in, but they have trouble
finding when they want out. You could try baiting a few of these and
putting them in the tank, lying on their sides. The best bait for crickets
in a dry environment is moisture, but if your tank is humid, you may need
something else.
Btw, for anyone who wants to use that kind of trap under water, punch a few
holes in it to let the air out, and check it several times an hour. Fish
will cram themselves into it and with limited circulation, the water goes
bad really fast.
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