It would be great to see the spectrum….High humidity, medium humidity, and normal (low) humidity.. I struggle with this with my daughter’s and I cultures.

I literally wondered about this earlier today

Philoscia muscorum 'Red Edge' (my finding/creation) is a fairly small and fast isopod thriving in humid enclosures. Most individuals are shy, especially when kept with predators, but a few individuals are much more fearless and serve as colorful decorations too.

Gah, I wasn’t first. Nice footage of them all! A really helpful guide for new and old isopod keepers!

You rock Rus! I was just thinking about this the other day. I've got a tropical, high-humidity, plant-only terrarium I want to add some isopods to. But I wanted something larger than the dwarf whites and purples I usually use. I was considering adding some of my Cubaris blue pigeons, but I'm not sure if there's enough ventilation for them. Although I don't have Porcellio dilatatus yet, so maybe this would be a good excuse to pick some up.

Excellent video rus

A new isopod video! Definitely a great way to kick off the weekend :)

great information Rus, thank you! :-)

Thanks for sharing! I’m preparing to upgrade my enclosures. This video answered a lot of my “basic” questions, and now I feel better prepared to include the best option per environment.

Thank you for your thorough video! I learned a lot. I still can't seem to find the 'perfect' isopod for my situation. Maybe I'm overthinking it? -Main inhabitants of the vivarium are a few Giant African Land Snails, so maybe no protein hungry isopods? -There are life plants, ideally they stay intact but can do a concession here. -Always damp substrate + humid air 70-90%, probably no dry places. -Temperature constant at 23-27 celcius (73 to 80F) -Medium to low ventilation. -Ideally not breeding too fast, because there are no predators in the enclosure. -Available in Europe (which I can figure out myself ofc) Help! Do you have an isopod in mind who would thrive with me?

Awesome video rus

Great info as always Rus!

Love the bonus footage 😂

I find curly isopods most often in my yard on cool fall mornings.

I keep cornu aspersum snails with porcellio laevis. What I noticed: the isopods seem hinder baby snails from thriving. The adults are fine though. I needed to give my snails an elevated food source, too because the isopods eat the food too fast. 😅

Awesome info as usual, thank you!

Awesome video!

So when I bought my Pac-Man frog, I had every intentions of bio set up for him. So they set me up with springtails, and powder blues, and orange, and there also was few dwarf whites. Everyone is thriving so far. I However there are a few dry spots for them. Some of the bark wood hides I have, stay dry at top, and they are covered with moss. Maybe this is why mine are thriving better.

Great video! I came here specifically to find out which CUC candidates would work best for my future pacman frog enclosure. Thank you!

I got 2 male garter snakes together. 2 millipedes and 4 Types of Isopods in a bioactive enclosure I think it's called? Either way, they're thriving and when I was changing the soil so many Isopods were in it

Very helpful video!

Both great videos - I have an unused 48x24x24 old beard enclosure that’s been used for storage and such for the last decade and going to turn it into either a bioactive dart frog (P. terribilis) or an arid leopard gecko enclosure and doing my research now. I keep vacillating between the two as I love the idea of both. Any recommendations for isopods that can do in either so I can get and culture now before I start building???

I’m the guy who just got the shipment today of the mourning geckos and various isopods from you. Thank you, all look great! So in the mourning gecko enclosure I put dwarf whites and powder blues. After watching this I realized now that the powder blues probably aren’t the right choice. They have exploded in my backup culture and there are tons of small babies. So, I’m guessing the giant canyon I got from you are the better choice? When they start breeding and I’ve got extras, will it be a bad idea to put them in with the other isopods and the geckos? Will they munch on the geckos at all? Or bite at the eggs when they start laying? Or will they eat the dwarf whites?

This video is so helpful Rus, thank you! First, I apologise if you've already addressed this in another video - please can you direct me to the right one or let me know, I'm slowly working through all of your videos now that I've discovered this channel! My question was: I am thinking of purchasing some P. scaber for my ball python enclosure, though have heard some people are worried that they might 'snack' on the snake 😳 Are BPs considered a soft-bodied reptile in this regard? Also, should I worry that this species of isopod will become out of control with nothing to nibble them / control their numbers? Thank you so much!

Hey Russ, would any of the Cubaris or Armadilidum species do well in a dart frog (T.azures) and mourning gecko terrarium? I’m trying to find what species are safe to use with dart frogs that will also do well in their environment besides the dwarf whites and purples that are large enough and active enough to see from time to time while avoiding the protein hungry species such as scaber, laevis and dilatatus, ideally out of the species I already culture externally. I have several cubaris species I’ve been culturing externally as well as a few Armadilidum with the 2 I’m considering the most being officianalis or peraca would either of these or any of the cubaris species such as panda kings or murina ? I’ve been having trouble finding any answers to this question concerning such species, so your input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

I want a excuse to get isopods so do you know any science fair experiments that can use isopods?

Can I use them for a bioactive roach(Dubia) enclosure?

hello! i hope youll see this. is there a benefit to having more than one type of isopod in a bioactive enclosure? i see some people put lots of different species in their builds. thanks for your knowledgeable videos!

This is some great information, thank you! I have a question if you happen to see this. When I was about 6 I had pet frogs and I put some isopods from my backyard in their enclosure with the intention of my frogs eating them and I came back a couple hours later to find one of them dead... we think one of the isopods was too big and it choked (lowkey traumatized from that experience, but my mom gave me permission and I didn't know better 😭) is that something I actually need to be concerned about or is this an irrational fear? I'm planning on introducing the isopods before I get the frogs so they and my plants can acclimate for a while before introducing the fire bellied toads so hopefully that'll give them a chance to have lots of places to hide?

Just recently came across your channel for some suggestions on isopods for humid enclosures, but I'm looking for species that are invertebrate friendly. Are there any such species of Isopods? I'm looking to put them in an Asian Forest Scorpion enclosure (very small in size at the moment), but I don't want any harmful species that could possibly attack and feed on my scorpling.

hello Rus, thank you so much for the extensive explanation! for a plant only (mostly moss) nano terrarium what isopod would you suggest? i'm interested in medium-large isopods like the p. dairy cow or armadillidium, but i'm afraid if they eat my moss and plants. i plan to have a separate breed-only enclosure and introduce a few of them to my plant terrariums.

Thank you so much! Would you count land snails as "sensitive invertebrates"? I know that giant African land snail keepers use "orange woodlice" (unsure of sp.) successfully, but I'm keeping Cepea nemoralis. Considerably smaller. Seems like T. tomentosa would be the safest choice?

Can you recommend one that's safe to use with crested geckos and morning geckos?

Can you use p scabers in a crested gecko tank? Will they hurt it? TY

What about keeping isopods in with millipedes or snails? Do you consider those to be "sensitive invertebrates?"

I need some isopods to go in with my praying mantis. the mantis is a Rhombodera megara. Any suggestions?

Which isopods are legally restricted in Florida?

Hi Rus, I know this video is a little old so I'm unsure if I'll get a reply but it's worth a shot! I've had a tailles whip scorpion for a couple of months and have introduced some springtails to help clean up the mould that is beginning to grow in his enclosure, but so far they arent doing the best job! The place where I got my whip suggested that i also add some tropical grey woodlice, so I've bought a little tub of them but I'm a bit anxious about introducing them. How many should I start with? Could they pose any threat to my tailles whip? He is still relatively young so hes not fully grown yet and I'm anxious about the woodlice staging some sort of coup and taking him down! Am I worrying over nothing? Is there a different isopod I should use instead? Thank you/ anyone who may be able to help😅

What kind of humidity do dalmatian isopds like? I have some as pets. Currently found some babys so I know they are breeding

Thanks Rus. C Ya. Ricky 💃🕺🏼💃💃🎶🎶🐈‍⬛🎸🐊💥

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I seem to be the only person that had a culture of dwarf white’s fail. 😅 I dumped 25 of them directly into my animal-less vivarium with springtails and I only see the springtails now, no matter what food I set out. This time I will culture them in a separate container for a while first. Oh well…

What do you think about power orange

Would porcellio laevis dairy cow work?

I use dairy cows in my whites tree frogs enclosure, is this not ideal?

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