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    Keeping Crickets Quiet...

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    I recently got a butterlfy fish.
    Since they eat crickets in the wild, thats what they will eat in my tank.
    I will be buying them in 100's...does anyone know how to keep crickets quiet apart from putting them in the fridge?
    Also, what is the average lifespan of a cricket? i got told something like 10 days...
    Also, what do you reccomend keeping the crickets in? will a 3g tank be ok with lots of branches and leaves? i dun wanna keep them in the little boxes..
    Mez
    Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.

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    forget abt branches and leaves. they are gonna stink and rot as the crickets wet them with their waste.

    use wood shaving bedding for hasmters. put nothing else.

    feed carrot slices. DOnt use fruits.

    there is nothing you can do to shut them up unless you peel off their wings one by one.

    make sure they dont escape you will not believe how loud a runaway cricket can be in middle of the night. esp when it hides somewhere you cannot reach

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    Just trim the wings of the males, using scissors of course
    The females are those with an extension/'tail' at their abdomen.
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    by the time u trim the wings one by one he will be trying to catch all the crikets back into his tank...
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    i think not everyone so on to trim the wing like chris.he is an insect maniac indeed.....[]

    rgds
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    Catch one by one out... just like slaughtering chickens.
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