Another Hello from Colorado

[Marrader21]

Hello fellow creepy crawly enthusiast!

I am getting back into the hobby after several years of being away; it is a long story for another day. I have a colony of Gromphadorhina that is set up in a 10 gallon aquarium that I keep at around 80-82 degrees. Right now I am in the hobby for behavioral studies and breeding as pets; looking for size, coloration, overall health, that sort of thing. I know there is a negative stigma to them but my roaches are highly hybridized. They were from a reptile store being sold as feeders so lord knows how many generations ago it started. That being said I don't know that hybrid roaches are necessarily "bad" for the hobby; they may not be as vibrant but I have gotten some really cool pattern and color combinations out of them. On the flip side selling hybrids as purebred is wrong and should never happen.... In fact one day I want several breed specific colonies and Id be very upset if I ended up with a hybrid in one. 

Anywho... I look forward to speaking with and learning from you guys!

 

[Hisserdude]

Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it here!

I honestly have no problems with hybrids themselves, what I do hate though is that they are almost always mislabeled and sold as pure stock, which in turns makes pure stock rarer and harder to find. Almost all G.portentosa stocks are hybrids nowadays, which is a real shame.

 

[lovebugfarm]

I keep pure and hybrid I personally like my hybrids better they get massive I have been breeding for size for 3 years now.