I think the best question to ask yourself is "What am I qualified to write about that hasn't already been covered? Or if it has, can I say it better?" If there's no good answer to these questions, then writing for the sake of writing is probably not the best use of your time.Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should possibly write about? What do you guys what to see out in the public? Thanks in advance for the ideas!
And by "it", you're referring to.... ?Hey Mr. Internet it's greatto know that it's been done before, I found nothing! Could you please point me in the direction of those papers?
He is probably referring to the "caresheet"And by "it", you're referring to.... ?
OK, so here's the thing... Roman asked a question, and I gave him some things to think about. That was sort of the extent of the interaction. You then asked for clarification/additional information on a rather small part of that interaction, and I pointed you in a direction to help you find some of the answers you seek. If you're now asking that I poke around the Internet and assemble a custom list of reading material FOR you, this is where we part ways. If you know how to use Google, then you have all the tools in your toolbag that I do, vis-a-vis this particular conquest of knowledge.Yes, I meant nutritional comparison. And thanks, I know how to google, I mean't scientific articles comparing between roaches, not crickets against them. Plus I was hoping that you had read a couple and would point in the direction of the one worth it.
Thanks a lot man!This is probably more useful than a snarky google tutorial video:
http://moonvalleyrep...eeders-v1.0.pdf (has a few species of roach, but not many)
http://www.timberlin...der insects.pdf (only one species of roach)
https://dubiaroachde...-feeder-insects (another with a couple of species... may even be the same data)
Haha I did get what you meant, but that was not the case. I usually don't ask things without prior investigation. As you pointed that there is a lot of scientific investigation on nutritional values and roaches, I assumed that you had already read several scientific papers and that you could save me some time by at least telling me which ones were not worth the read. I guess that, as myself, you know that the info is there but you hadn't personally revised it.OK, so here's the thing... Roman asked a question, and I gave him some things to think about. That was sort of the extent of the interaction. You then asked for clarification/additional information on a rather small part of that interaction, and I pointed you in a direction to help you find some of the answers you seek. If you're now asking that I poke around the Internet and assemble a custom list of reading material FOR you, this is where we part ways. If you know how to use Google, then you have all the tools in your toolbag that I do, vis-a-vis this particular conquest of knowledge.![]()
I've seen several scientists in the forum (and I'm one myself), so when Roman asked what to write about, I just assumed that he had access to a lab, or that he was making a bibliographical revision to write something science based. I now notice that I might've been asking too much, but still don't doubt Roman's capabilities.Now, the reason I said what I said in the first place is that an "ordinary hobbyist" sitting at home is VERY ill-equipped to address any kind of "nutritional composition" type questions anyway... to do them right, a decent number of roaches have to be fed/gutloaded, fasted to clear their gut, crushed, and then be analyzed by a commercial laboratory. Not really within the range of your average hobbyist who's still in high school. No disrespect intended, that's just the way things are. We're talking about terribly expensive equipment here. Article of that sort by non-science types usually end up with people just making off-the-cuff recommendations based observed morphology (Oh, that critter's got a hard shell, must be high in calcium... oh, that critter's pretty fat, must be high in protein). I was just saying that he could spend his effort better than that, that's all.
See? Now we're talking! Thank you man.All that being said, here is a great whitepaper from Timberline Fisheries that explains the process in some details, and will get you started... the list of references should give you more than enough resources to follow the trail. http://www.timberlin...der insects.pdf