Ack! A roach!!

[irishspy]

Yuck! I've just spotted a cockroach hanging around my aquarium! :eek3: :wall:
Gah, I hate those things! I obviously can't go spraying poison around it, but I don't want the darned creatures breeding.

Any suggestions? :help:

 

[wildman117]

you could put some of those glue traps around the tank and make sure everything is clear behind the tank and you might want to blow a fan back there as i heard they need warm humid conditions to breed
most importantly though make sure you remove all food sorces

 

[Hurley]

Its too late. For every one you see there are hundreds you don't see! (thats just what I've heard) I think you can set up some bait for them to take back to their nest but from what I understand an exterminator is best.

 

[jm1212]

i would clean your filter, hood, etc.

make sure all food is sevure and sealed completely.

 

[austinpetemo]

if you dont want to spray you could always use the good old fashion method, a rolled up newspaper.

 

[irishspy]

Well, the one I found met his destiny with the vacuum cleaner. :tombstone: But, you're right, there's never just one. I don't keep food down there, but there are other aquarium supplies and a jug of water. The little monsters are probably looking for water.

I went to the market to get some traps -- those are going in and around the stand. But, I do think it's time to call a pest control guy. I'll have to make sure they know how to work around fish, however.

Oy. :angryfire:

 

[Iceeeyyyy]

go buy a tokay gecko or any house gecko and let a couple loose in the house, they will take care of them for you

 

[grannylvsfish]

Here in Montana there not easy to have. its to cold and there not native to here. thank god!!!!!! never seen one here but have in california. yuck!!

 

[inkyjenn]

boric acid comes in a powder. you can pick it up at home depot. you can lay a line as a perimeter. the roaches dont die on contact, but they will take it back to their nests and share it with the other roaches. i use it at my house. its good stuff. just dont puff the dust too close to your tank and you are set

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

Cailfornia,warm beautiful weather, nasty roaches problems.