I was waiting for this.Thank u soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much

After binge watching several of your videos I am now officially the proud owner of a tiny Porcellio Scaber ranch! 🚜 👍

the little ball of pandas on the fish pellet is ADORABLE

Good video, Rus. As for keeping them as clean-up crew. I can tell you that mantis don't seem interested in eating them and in return they don't bother a moulting mantis...so far.

I'm trying them as a cleanup crew for one of my juvenile giant African land snails at the moment, I'll update as the colony and snail grows!

Those isopods collection are so cool Rus I love learning about the different species that I don't have

My friend bought a 10 ct culture for me as a graduation gift, I ended up having a massive population boom right as the original 10 died off. For some reason, their numbers then dropped, so I assume they've reached an equilibrium and have since been steady and happy

Take this first part of this comment with a grain of salt; but you look like chuck norris. Second! I LOVE your videos! I feel like you’re the absolute most informative when it comes to isopods. I wouldn’t rather watch anyone else when it comes to learning about isopods but I feel the stage presence is a little dull. I find myself walking away from some of the videos 2-3 times before I actually finish them. When I do finish them I’m so glad I actually did because I felt like I just got a book worth of knowledge in a 5-15 min session. You’re absolutely brilliant! I feel like at times. I’m back in 2003 watching a video with my fellow classmates. Maybe it’s the monotone? I can’t exactly put my finger on it but it just seems a tiny bit dry. 9/10 content all the time. Just find a way to juice it up a little bit! - random critic with zero credentials.

I love my pandas, don't think i have quite enough to split yet but I love seeing all the babies :)

How do you capture such great video? I'm always amazed by your up-close and detailed videos. Thanks

I love his humor

Another thing worth adding is I can feel your passion for these animals . Much respect for that.

What a timely video as I am getting ready to order some pandas

I absolutely love the matte finish of the Cubaris genus. I’ll definitely have to get some Cubaris soon.

Need this in my life eventually

I adore my Panda Kings, they are so cute. Brill video, definitely going to watch more of yours

Your channel is one of my favorites! Thank you, please keep doing this!

these are the kind i very much want to get so thanks very much for the tips! 🙏

I just got them recently! They're my first isopods and are recommended as 'beginner isopods' in South Korea. I don't see them a lot but hopefully they're doing well and I'll see some population growth soon..!

Excellent Video Rus! Love the Panda Kings!

I stopped at your booth at the recent expo in my area it was cool seeing you this video really helped! Thank you!

Awesome video! Mine are super prolific as well, I was very surprised when the population exploded, I was expecting a slower reproduction rate. I'm not sure what the taxonimic name is now, people have been going back and forth between Cubaris and Nesodillo but the Nesodillo archangelii 'Shiro Utsuri' are almost as prolific as my Dairy Cows. I think I saw you'd recently gotten some of them as well. I'm not sure if you've got them, but I'd love to see a video about Cubaris sp "Red Tiger Stripe" specifically because they seem to be more of a true Cubaris with the slow reproduction rate, incredibly specific environment to thrive, ect than the Panda Kings and Shiro Utsuri, at least for me. I got them in a mystery bag buy and Cubaris species are still a little finicky for me, dialing in what they need has been a small challenge

I love vids like this, very cool!

Great video

I just thought up of a cool video idea while watching this you could try. Isopod comparison videos? Going over the pros and cons of of each species and what kind of keeper it would be ideal for? It would be incredibly beneficial because I have lots of isopods on my wishlist but can only see myself getting a handful in the next few years. Maybe Cubaris Panda Kings Vs. Murina? Porcellio scaber Vs. Porcellio laevis?

Sir you have made me get 16 isopods species ,I am addicted

I’ve settled on attempting to use panda kings as the main isopods in my dart frog (T.azures) and mourning gecko 25 gallon long terrarium along with dwraf whites and of course springtails.

Yeeees! Thank you 😍

Woah, this is sick, Rus! Could we get a care guide on Atlantoscia Floridana (Florida Fast)?

I have a friend who has these, and she has had to split the culture up multiple times due to how much they breed.

I use pandas and little seas as clean uo crews for my Leachianus. I put zero effort into to keeping them alive. I just feed and water the leachies and they breed like crazy from the scraps

I'm using Pandas as a cleanup crew for a giant Achatina, although being my first isopods I don't really know if they're doing good... the substrate is moist, although not deeper than a centimeter in some parts, but there's plenty of moss, cuttle bone + egg dust, lots of tree barks and decent leaf litter. The terrarium is also warmed by a heat mat on one of its sides. However, I rarely see the pandas! I started with 10ish not more than three or so months ago, and although I did find a couple hiding late at night last week, I haven't seen any since! I am afraid they might have died, or are simply not reproducing The dwarf whites I had put in also are nowhere to be seen, which considering what they say about them, seems like a very alarming sign

What kind of leaf litter/wood do these little friends like? Also, happy to see you recommend Wallys isopod chow! 🥰

They are definitely one of my favorite pet isopods! Also do you have any tips for rubber duckies? My mom actually just got me some duckies that will be arriving soon I got them one of those Zilla microhabitat cages that kind of look like the tarantula crib but with puzzle piece kind of sides do you think that’ll be too big to start them out in?

just got six of them at a expo

I got my P.K.s in October 2023 so....6 months ago. And as far as I can tell, unless most immediately dig down while I'm still pulling their bin out, I only have....maybe 2 dozen. I started with 10 juveniles, one died the next day due to stuck shed issues, so 9). I only ever see maybe 2 adults and a handful of juveniles of various sizes. is that roughly the normal amount with a 6 month old colony of P.K.s?

are panda kings and rubber duckies pretty similar in their care? seems like it from what i've researched. im getting both after christmas

I'm looking for isopods that will be both a cleaning crew, and also add to the beauty of a large bioactive for a ball python. I wonder what you would suggest? To give an idea, I love the look of montenegros. Also flavomarginatis, chocolate zebras, red tigers, etc. I don't mind paying a little more for something, if it's likely to do well. Temps will be high 70s to mid 80s, and humidity 50-60%

Hi Russel, my name is Mert, i am keeping different isopod species, your videos thought me a lot along the way. Thank you very much. I got a question. Some months ago i got some local millipedes, everything seems fine they eat & breed but there are too many poop around and it seems that springtails are not enough even tough there is a good population. Should i get some Por. pruinosus help? I also have Cylisticus convexus due to my understanding from your other videos Por. Seems to be more efficient but, will they somehow overpopulate and stress millipede’s ?

I got a colony of panda kings just over 2 weeks ago and I haven’t noticed much activity from them, I understand that they like to burrow and I’ve definitely noticed a lot of that and I keep their substrate fairly moist but I feel like I haven’t seen them at the surface /eating their food at all! Is this fairly normal behavior for them to take this long to acclimate? I know these behaviors were mentioned in the video I’m just anxious about how long they’ve been buried (they are alive, I dug up a couple to make sure they didn’t die from the stress of their new environment but besides that I haven’t touched any of them)

Another A grade video, what make of fish pellet do you use for your isopods ?

Why are a lot of cubaris listed as Cubaris sp. "Morph name"? Have they not been classified down to species? Is each morph a different species?

Nothing against cubaris, but I don't see what others see in them. But that is probably a good thing, because I'm not particularly fond of keeping more moist conditions, or the price tag that seems to come along with most of them. Maybe one day....

Does anyone know where to find Cubaris Jupiter care?

Would you recommend getting panda kings as my first cubaris species, or a species like c. Murina?

Are these just as shy and light sensitive as rubber duckies? Would they wander out into the open at all? Was thinking of putting them in a display enclosure... thanks in advance 🙏🏽

Technically red pandas look nothing like pandas 🐼 either. So I guess the red isopods are just keeping it real. 😁

How often do you need to feed these species supplemental food?

how many did you star out with

What breathable medical tape would you recommend for ventilation? Some of the links in the description aren't working for me.

Is coconut coir okay for their substrate?

Hwo do you get these isopods

Porc Spinicornis please?

Hi Rus, l have an idea for a segment or 2, if you're interested. I know you're busy, so no worries. If you are interested, reply and I'll share it. But if you know you are not interested for whatever reason, which I totally get, I'd rather not waste our time. Either way, looking forward to more.

Poor guy at 3:30