roaches and fish....

[Slappy*McFish]

The roaches that eat the baits that everyone suggested will be the same roach that the fish eats. Baits are meant for the roaches to take back to their colony. in this case they will take it to your tank and kill your fish instead of other roaches.

Roach Motels are traps, not baits.

 

[Alan R]

Lets not forget that having a "nasty filthy" house isnt the only reason that people have an infestation of roaches. If you live in an apartment complex, or where you have neighbors that are really close that have roaches, chances are you will have them as well no matter how clean you are.

As far as removing them from behind your filter, clean the area and keep it clean weekly. Use vinegar and water or plain lemon juice and water. This should prevent the roaches from being attracted to the area, and keeping it wiped down should prevent any nesting there.

I did say that myself AND the other posters in this thread get them by unknowingly bringing them in with something we bought. AND that myself and the others here I'm sure keep a very clean and sanitary living environment. There are filthy people that attract these bugs. That's a fact. Not always the case obviously as it's certainly not the case here.

Roach Motels are traps, not baits.

basically the same thing. What do you think attracts the roaches to the motel so that they can check in, but not check out? Maybe a BAIT? Still, not a good idea to feed roaches to your fish. Regardless of how specific you want to be about the names of various roach products. roaches are disgusting yet very incredible creatures. They can survive what many insects can't. A roach may very easily be at your neighbors apartment (as was mention by another poster) get into something nasty and bring it right to your fish when you use it as "free fish food".
Another good example would be using Decon for mice when you have cats. also not a good idea.

 

[THE V]

I would call in a professional exterminator from a reliable franchise.

Why not use the over the counter stuff? In every state the professionals must pass pesticide safety courses. They also have to keep up to date on the pesticide Label and MSDS. Most importantly they have access to many, many more chemicals. The majority of new chemicals are less toxic and more effective than the ones sold at retail stores. Professionals usually have access to chemicals 5- 10 years before they are available in retail stores if they ever become available. Kind of screwy but the cost of getting a chemical approved for retail is prohibitive.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

lol...Alan R. Yes, the traps are baited but the point was fish eating the roaches that ate the bait. These roaches aren't going anywhere once trapped. The down side to using the Motels is controlling the breeding population. There could be hundreds of babies in the walls/cracks so the traps probably will not 'catch em all'. It takes a lot of traps or an exterminator to kill the young and eggs(if heavily infested). I'd try the traps first and bring in the 'big guns' if needed.