Quote Originally Posted by SludgeMunkey View Post
the worst part of cricket farming in my opinion, is sorting them out by size when you need pin heads and 1/8th inch in vast quantities.

I've found that misc. sifters can help sort by size. You can improvise a basic one (or multiples) by gluing appropriate sized mesh to a butter/margerine/creamcheese/whatever container after you cut the bottom out. If you want the smaller ones, you just sift a bunch into a separate bowl and dump the big ones back in the bin. (I'm always sifting for the larger ones, so the small ones have time to grow.)

The smell is horrid, but I've just worked a tank-clean into my weekly maintenance. The chirping... annoys me some nights more than others. Frankly, I don't really breed mine fast enough to keep up; it just supplements my purchase, and cuts my cricket cost in half. Added bonus of doing it this way: tI do, eventually, run outof crickets, which gives me an opportunity to scrub the heck out of their stinky cage with a vinegar solution. Now that my "local" reptile store moved a bit farther away, I might be re-visiting Ghanns, myself.