You might find this useful - most all of the information you should need to culture roaches successfully:
http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...r-roaches.html

I would recommend an opaque, plastic bin personally. These offer more security to the roaches, are lightweight, evenly distribute heat and humidity (unlike aquaria), etc. But rearing them in glass aquariums is certainly do-able, and several people on this forum have had success doing so.