I keep them in 106 qt plastic bin no lid use at any time. Occassionally ill shake the egg carton material so the poop stuck in there falls to the bottom. Tried using cereal substrate, coco coir substrate, and oatmeal substrate. Coco coir has the least smell, risk of contamination, but I cant "suggest" where the cricket lay their eggs like I can with oatmeal/cereal substrates. Soil/coco coir mix is a a plastic container is great for cricket egg placement. Where do your crickets lay their eggs?!

Cool idea and video... But I have been breeding crickets for years... Mine have no noticeable smell. I keep a thin layer of vermiculite about 1/2 an inch deep on the floor of my bins. Never had any problem with smell at all.... I'm kinda wondering how on earth people get their crickets to smell? I hear a lot of people say crickets stink really bad and I'm like... What? Really? How? I don't keep a lid on my bins as it is not needed as long as the sides are smooth and 6 inches or more above the highest point the crickets have access to in the bin. I have thousands and thousands of crickets. I could keep them in my living room as they don't smell in the slightest.

Definitely using this method!

new problem, how to make it look good lol (its to big)

Hahaha😂

SUPER helpful!!

Amazing, im going to try it

yeh right. not that eazy. tell the basics

Excellent video! Thank you! Do you know if it is better to keep crickets in a clear container or dark container?

THANK YOU for this video! I watched it and setup a nearly identical box. My intake for air is PVC and a PC fan like yours. I used a 90' elbow directly into the box. On the outtake side, i used PVC as well, directly into the box. However, it is going directly into an air purifier. Like yours, I have no odors! As you've pointed out, ventilation is key, as well as feeding/water source, and picking out any die off. I would also add, the dish you offer a water resource, should be VERY shallow. I made the mistake of using one with 1" depth, and they will smother each other to stay next to water. Use a lid of some form that has very little lip to it.

What about heating and temperature control?

This dude is a mad scientist.

lol Nice 👌

Could you please sub to me

NOOB

i have lots of insects no crickets but grasshoppers and those don´t smell and the other insekts too

I think I'm just going to deal with the smell. I don't want to spend 50 bucks on fans, pipe, and filters.

Some great cricket food can be found here www.ebay.com/itm/HOMEMADE-FEEDER-INSECT-GUTLOAD-cricket-mealworm-roach-superworm-waxworm-/111845043070?var=&hash=item1a0a7beb7e:m:mDzIzxQS4teirffxba0ZwJw

thank you!!!! this works awesome. I was skeptical but I already had the same bin and extra PC components laying around. No smell to the point I keep under the living room tank!

What is the best type of crickets for human consumption? And what type of crickets make very little or no noise at all besides the wingless ones?

Very informative video. Thanks so much for sharing your design. I look forward to building this myself. Could you message me so I can get more specific technical details on this? Thanks!

How long does it take to hatch the eggs, and to grow them out

Roaches won't smell even without all that

how many crickets might I be able to house in a container this exact size?

Thank you for your video. My guess is that your ventilation is overkill. To save some electricity you could try running the fans on the 5 volt rail instead of the 12 volt rails. Using the 5 volt rail will create less noise and about 1/6th of the energy your using now while still providing plenty of ventilation, and your fans will run practically forever. Another idea is that you could put just one fan on the 5v rail and vent outside your home without any filter resistance, thus reducing your power consumption to 1/12th of what your using now. By the way, how long is your filter lasting?

Kan U give me a step by step on how to make the fan ventilation system for the cricket tank??? Thankz!!!

Over kill !!!!

More details PLEASE :-)

I am going to make a breaking place but will my crickets die if i leave them outside even tho it is September ( almost winter time )

This is amazing!

For those of us who have lots of pets that eat crickets, and find it more convenient and cost effective to just breed our own feeders, this is a fantastic idea, and a wonderful video. Thank you.

nice!!! that vent looks easy to build all i need is the filter i have like 5 pc fans!!!.............................PC MASTER RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I make this system?

First thing first, your a genius, second you should make a tutorial of what you got and how to put it together! Nice vid tho

very good video thanks

Looks like a pretty expensive cricket setup. Do you have to leave it running all of the time?

There is always a critic. This is very well done. You should be proud. Nice work!

dude thats way too much work for cricketts. But thanks for the video

Can you explain more about the carbon filter? I'm lost on that count despite having everything else needed to build this. Could you please tell what the item is and the brand name so I can go ahead and look it up? Thank you!

Wow that was such a great idea im going to build it tomorrow lol:-) thanks

Good video, just hard to hear what you're saying, lol

my crickets dont stank

can you make a video on the fan part of the video plz :D

How do you go about cleaning the tub?

well, in that case they stink WORSE

What's the filter part, like how did he do the inside of the pipe

that sounds load ill just stick with the little bit of smell i get

How did you splice the wires to the power supply, and what wire did you use to extendt the fan cable length?

Great Idea and I have the fans laying around lol.... nice

too complicated =(