The water blocks can be made with plain gelatin or agar. You would use the recipe that comes with the powder. Cyndy Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Joseph Loucek <jclou...@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:40:21 To: <gecko@lists.gekkota.com> Subject: Re: [gecko] cricket colonies Hey Gang - I am helping my MS advisor set up a cricket colony for mass production. I seem to recall seeing pictures of someone's setup - probably a kingsnake.com vendor's webpage. It was a pretty big operation that could be likened to a rodent colony (e.g., racks of tubs). He and some undergrads have the breeding down, they just need to figure out the organization so all the sizes aren't mixed, and then ramping up to produce enough to meet demand. Also, anyone have a "home recipe" for those water blocks? thanks, Joe - Gecko-less, at this time :(
