I didn't really know where to post this at, so I posted here, Here is apic of my hissing cockroach colony. I don't understand my camera some pics come out right, others don't. See how well this pic turned out compared to my other pics of my herps.

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We breed similar roaches here. some info here,click on "food" onthe left if you dont seethem on the right

http://www.herpshop.com.au/

Lmao, theherps are blurry but the roaches get
national geographic quality shots

Cool thanks for the link Inny. I also have more insect colonies. It saves me money in the long run to breed my feeders myself. I have lobster roaches, crickets, mealworms, superworms, waxworms, and silkworms that I breed. Next on the list will be the goliath hornworm.

Wow that must keep you busy! Roaches, atleast the species we breed, thrive on neglect and breed themselves, but i think crix are a pain the ass. to slow to grow from pinheads, only worthwhile if you had lots of lizards or something requiring really small crix.
my larger lizards silkworms in season.
how do you find feeding meal worms? what do you feed them to?

Yeah the crix are a real pain. I feed the pin heads to my fire bellied toads. The roaches over here also thrive on neglect. I feed the mealworms as treats to my cham, gecko, and tarantula.

wouldnt mind sum pics of ur mealworm set up and info on husbandry on them cos i breed them 2 but there tones of beetle but no worms????? i got them as worms n just chucked em in bran n feed them vegies, wat vegies do u feed urs?

Here is a pic of my mealworm setups. I will try to get better pics if you wish. I keep mine in oats, with comercial insect feed added to it. You can also use the bran like you do. The insect feed has vitamins and calcium it. I add a few veggies to the top every few days, basically for them to get moisture into their bodies. The veggies I add are carrots and the stems of collard and mustard greens. Sounds like you are doing everything right. You should be seeing very tiny white mealworms in the bran, they are about the size of pin head crickets. It takes about a month for them to become the size to where you can feed them to your herps.

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ok thx my tub is way bigger but i dunt feed them enough i dun think, any1 noe were i can get this insect feed from?

g'day all...
i'm starting up a live feed thing in the next month or so.. i've already got the roaches and yabbies but i plan to do crickets, mealies, snail (both water and garden), compost worms, feeder fish and i'm hoping to get my hands on some grass hoppers or locusts too... can anyone think of anything i've missed?
heres some pics of my roaches... i have a tub for breeding and a tub for the bubs...
oh and these are also called lobster roaches aswell as SFR and woodies... but there are many with the common name lobster...






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Megz

Cool, that lobster roach setup looks similar to mine. You should have tons in no time.