I have a tank full of hissing roaches that I'm trying to breed. They've been reproducing just fine but my problem is that they stink to high hell! I cleaned the tank out on friday but by yesterday the smell had gotten so bad that I want to gag if I come anywhere near the tank, it's like something died in there. I've seen other colonies of hissers that are much larger than mine and don't seem to have a smell at all, what am I doing wrong. I feed them oranges, dog pellets, cricket gutloader and water chrystals. Their food is placed on a lid in the tank to make it easier to clean and feed.

What substrate do you have if Any ??

Roaches tend to stink some thing Bad when they die so maybe you not doing any thing wrong its just that one or two died ..

I'm not using any substrate. I did find a dead one yesterday but I tossed it immediately. I've ordered another 50 adults for next week but I want to resolve the smell issue before I get them.

Can you maybe post a pic of your Roach colony setup ..

How much ventilation do you have ?.
What have you given them to hide in ?.
how much moisture is in the tank ? if any.

What is the cricket gutloader consisit of ?.

you can use wood chips as substrate or oats even newspaper .
this gives the babies places to hide also helps the pee to be shocked up and hides the poo ..

Okay I think the problem was that I didn't have enough ventilation, after leaving the lid off for a while the smell seems alot better.

I keep egg cartons stacked on their side for hiding.

I'm not sure what is in the gutloader it just says that it's high in protein & fiber with added calcium.

There's no moisture except on some days when the temperature is much higher.

I'll add some newspaper till I can get wood chips.

Thanks for the help

WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR ROACHES