Roach Problem

[ruthiesea]

Here in Florida we have huge roaches (palmetto bugs). Somehow at least two have made it into my 72g bow front. I cannot catch them. As soon as the top is open, they head to the back and burrow into the substrate. Short of removing the dart frogs (and there are a lot of hiding places for them) does anyone have a suggestion how to get rid of the bugs without harming the frogs?
Thanks

[Tindomul1of9]

NO suggestions as far as short of removing the frogs. But if you are willing, and you remove the frogs, you can use Marty's Dry Ice pest killer method. You wont have to destroy the tank, but you will have to remove any animals you want to keep alive. Dry ice fog (carbon dioxide) is allowed to sink into the tank, and replaces all the oxygen. Then the pest get asphixiated. But if your roaches like to burrow, then it will take a few attempts to finally get rid of any hiding in air pockets under the substrate, or behind the background.
http://www.orchidboard.com/eliminate...pests-with-co2

[ruthiesea]

I hadn't thought of dry ice. I will try it if all else fails. The problems are that I'm building a breeding tank and have no others (my bad for not having a quarintine tank) and I built my vivarium with a lot of hiding places. Those frogs are quick!

[Marty]

The same post is here on VF: http://www.vivariumforum.com/?q=terr...de-problem-co2

[Tindomul1of9]

Marty, the reason I linked to the one on Orchid Board is because I get an Access denied message everytime I go to the Home Page. Your link didnt work for me either. I thought you were working on the homepage, and was starting to think something was up when it looked like you were working on the Home page for months and months. Hehe!

[Marty]

strange, I'll check it out tomorrow

[Rainfrog]

I get the same message. Also when I am logged in I get the message when I try to look at blogs. I can view thwm as a guest but not as a member. maybe this is a moderator specific problem?