Is It Possible To Raise Crickets In A Bioactive Terrarium?

A bioactive terrarium can be a great way to ensure a constant food source for other animals and is a fun and rewarding experience. Crickets are simple insects that can be taken for science projects and kept as pets. Terrariums are tanks outfitted with plants to house crickets that are raised or bred. Crickets move through the night, and if you want to raise them in a meadow type viv with isopods, springtails, and roaches, provide plenty of hides, clean water, dry food, and hard fruits or vegetables.

Raising mealworms and crickets in a terrarium can be done using simple substrates like wood. Dubia roaches have advantages over crickets, such as not having as much chitin and being easier to breed. To set up a bioactive terrarium, select an appropriately sized enclosure for the species you plan to keep, considering the space required for the animal’s comfort and any specific habitat needs they have.

Creating a thriving bioactive ecosystem within a terrarium is essential for creating an authentic natural habitat where animals, critters, and microorganisms can thrive. Essential to this process is the “clean-up crew”, a specialized assembly of small organisms dedicated to breaking down organic matter, managing waste, and promoting better health and longevity.

Breeding crickets in a separate terrarium is possible, but you would need something that could recycle cricket poop. Crickets shed cricket poop, but they do not eat eggs. It is unlikely that crickets will breed in your viv, but they will breed if you provide the right conditions for them.

Some people have had crickets set up a colony in their lizard and tortoise cages but never in their chameleon cages because they use no substrate. To keep crickets in a terrarium, use a 10 gallon fish tank with a metal lid on top, egg crates for hiding, and water crystals for water and dry cricket food.