How to culture isopods

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@cindygross116 6 жыл бұрын

I just got into isopods about two months ago. Your videos are really great. I want my critters to do well so I watch all your videos and have learned a lot. Thank you. Your set ups are beautiful

@ThePederangell 3 жыл бұрын

large enclosure! I like it. I just posted this on Roly Poly Enthusiast page on FB

@yetigrant8843 3 жыл бұрын

Peder A thanks hope it’s helpful

@Aquarimax 6 жыл бұрын

I like how you repurposed those pre-ventilated bins! 😊👍

@yetigrant8843 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aquarimax

@andrewchen1853 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Aquarimax!

@Aquarimax 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Chen Hi Andrew! 😊

@FusionDeveloper 4 жыл бұрын

Add a healthy amount of activated charcoal (and/or regular charcoal) and calcium carbonate powder to your soil and it will help deter mold/fungus growth, while also being a source for nutrients and odor/stuff absorbing.

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the helpful tips I appreciate it 👍

@andrewchen1853 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, so many plants, enclosures... why are you living in a rainforest haha xD This is so incredible!

@yetigrant8843 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Chen that’s the plan

@andrewchen1853 6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@RealBradMiller 3 жыл бұрын

I keep mine in a Biorb aquarium, false bottom with the original rocks and added LECA. I can remove part of the substrate(and sift for any bugs) and replace it when needed. So far I keep a community tank of earthworms, millipedes, and several species of Isopod including Porcellio 'Powder Blue' and 'Powder Orange', and the Porcellio Laevis 'dalmation', there is also a few wild caught ones that I thought looked really cool. I keep many others in their own enclosure such as the 'Hoffmanseggi' and just keep regular wild-caught Isopods in my Hissing Cockroach enclosure, though I have some Florida Fast Isopods coming to add to them. I'm hooked, if you can't tell, and it's been maybe five months since I got into the hobby. :P Edit: Blue Merle Isopods reside in the community tank as well.

@yetigrant8843 3 жыл бұрын

Brad Miller nice! That sounds like a nice setup

@DendroZone 6 жыл бұрын

Good job! 👍

@ApocalypticDreams666 3 жыл бұрын

Mine LOVED freeze dried minnows

@andrewchen1853 6 жыл бұрын

I just found out it was 21 mins

@MrGreen-nu8og 6 жыл бұрын

Give us an update on the 150

@yetigrant8843 6 жыл бұрын

GD4D I took down the 150 maybe I’ll do it over again sometime in the future

@frisko6445 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video, did you ever have any problems with mites?

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

I have had some problems with smaller cultures but with my bigger cultures they seem to outcompete mites

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

If your having a problem with mites try feeding a little less and wait till it gone or remove and add new food

@frisko6445 4 жыл бұрын

@@yetigrant8843 thank you for the response, can't wait to get started

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck and have fun

@barbhelle5481 4 жыл бұрын

How wet do you keep your dwarf whites?

@pokeitwithastick7869 2 жыл бұрын

what is making that noise at 3:14 in the background?

@bmoney3288 4 жыл бұрын

Pete moss is not just sphagnum moss that is broken down. Pete moss is its own kind of moss that degrades and breaks down much faster than sphagnum

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

BMoney’s Aquatics good to know I thought I read it somewhere. but do you know what Moss it is ?

@bmoney3288 4 жыл бұрын

Yeti Grant Pete moss: a large absorbent moss that grows in dense masses on boggy ground, where the lower parts decay slowly to form peat deposits. Peat moss is widely used in horticulture, especially for packing plants and (as peat) for compost. Hope this helps bud!

@yetigrant8843 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks good to know! This is what I read. Most of the peat moss used in crop production comes from Canada and is composed mainly of mosses from the genus Sphagnum (of which there are 160 species of sphagnum found globally). This is where the name sphagnum peat moss is derived from

@brianclark5981 4 жыл бұрын

Producing ALOT of mold in that first enclosure especially. You may have too much on your hands other than the isopods. Losing production is all i'm saying. Take care good luck.