Isopod Room Tour 2023 Part I

Рет қаралды 2,062

11 ай бұрын

I've been asked so many time for this so here it is, an isopod room tour (part 1) - This is me just taking down my isopods one-by-one and talking about the species and their requirements plus a lot of waffle. Enjoy.
If you're daft enough to support a free channel then go for it by buying me a tea, preferably Earl Grey; www.buymeacoffee.com/themanti...
If you're interested in purchasing a mantis or other inverts or have questions then you can find me on Discord - TheMantisGarden#9677 or Instagram - themantis_garden, or drop me an email (this can be found in the about section on my channel page) Thanks for watching :)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reputable online shops and breeders that I use;
Unseen Universe - @UnseenUniverse_Mitch - theprayingmantis.co.uk/
MantisNI - www.mantisni.co.uk/
AntsonaRock - @antsonarock - www.antsonarock.com/
BazAntz - @bazantz400 - www.bazantz.com/
Creepy&CrawlyUK - @creepycrawlyuk7102 - creepycrawlyuk.com/
JWInverts - jwinvertebrates.co.uk/
JungleJungle - www.ebay.co.uk/usr/danielleju... (Isopods and plant cuttings)
Nicole Louise - For all your isopod needs;
Instagram - / nicole_louise30
Facebook group - / 654924926000726
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some channels I couldn't do without;
Markthespiderguy - ‪@Markthespiderguy386‬
Dave's Little Beasties -‪@daveslittlebeasties‬
Tarantula Ramblings - ‪@tarantularamblings3149‬
Unusual Pets - ‪@UnusualPets‬
Aruna-exotics ‪@aruna-exotics2323‬ Facebook - / arunaexofb

Пікірлер: 54

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

@shyspeaks9238 7 ай бұрын

I love that you noted you give them the requirements they would naturally have on the daily without incorporating all the extra. I always feel terrible about my isopods diet when I hear about how much everyone else spoils them with diverse foods. Mine eat their natural resources, with the addition of repashy bug burger, and a mix I ordered that has dried mealworms, small fish, and a couple other little critters they seem to enjoy. They’ve had carrots once under my care, only because a big chunk was given with a small culture I ordered so I cut it to disperse between everyone. Glad to know they aren’t going to just drop dead without their side snacks 🤣

@Crystalspets 11 ай бұрын

You have a cool collection of isopods

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

I will make a part 3 eventually! I have many more, 53 species in all and climbing. I just picked what I had on the shelves that was in starter boxes as they're easier to grab 😂😂 (I have a bad neck and pulling down heavy boxes would have taken me forever lol)

@MIsopods 11 ай бұрын

Finally made it. Nice group and wonderful set ups. I'm going to be getting to part 2 eventually, but likely not today. See you around!

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Good day today?

@philipfish50 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video Simon you have some cool sp of isopods cheers mate

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Philip :)

@TheBugRoomUK 11 ай бұрын

It's always great to see someone elses husbandry. Keep it up!

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Got some videos posted you! And thanks. I like to leave the raw cock-ups in as well 😂 If I've done something wrong I will admit it rather than edit it lol so others don't make the same mistake.

@Assel_Haider 11 ай бұрын

I really like your cute little isopod collection

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Lol, 53 species isn't little haha You're just jealous with your 80+

@Assel_Haider 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden just a little bit.

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Lol mate. Oh, I want you to check something. People are saying my dairy cows are moo cows lol. That is something I'm sure you would notice right?

@Assel_Haider 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden sure. Send me pictures and i will tell you which species they are.

@seansspoods9521 11 ай бұрын

Nice video simon, im actually glad youve done this, been waiting to see what they all look like, the more i see them, the more im interested, very informative too 👍🏻 you may have swayed me sir

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Sweet! Going to do Part II tomorrow I think!

@seansspoods9521 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden I'll look forward to it mate 👍🏻

@tarantularamblings3149 11 ай бұрын

Great video Simon ,i feel like i picked up some great pointers . In the past i have had a few huge colonies but it's almost been by accident.

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Pretty much all it is lol

@ShadyThings 11 ай бұрын

Even though im not tooo into keeping isopods at the moment, i still like to listen to you talk about them. And they’re also cute and pretty (well yeah most of them, not the ugly yellow spot ones). Looking forward to part 2-100

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

😂 Wtf have you got against yellow lol

@ShadyThings 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden just that one species with the wrong yellow 🤣

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, one of my favourites lol

@ShadyThings 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden your sexy is just not my sexy..

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Wait! If I photoshop that just right I could get rid of the "is just not my sexy" !!!

@siyg 11 ай бұрын

Came here from Supreme Gecko

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@MyPetArthropods 11 ай бұрын

My daughter got me into keeping Isopods, she started out just grabbing the ones in the garden, and now she has several "proper" colonies. - dairy cows, giant white, giant orange, etc. I've started keeping Zebra Isopods and it's surprisingly enjoyable

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

It's fun because it is a challenge. Getting the habitat just right for them to reproduce and then seeing a mass of them in your colony.

@MyPetArthropods 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden I've picked up a starter colony of them at BTS, got about 50 of them now. I like just opening the tub and watching them scurry about. Was initially planning on just using them as a cleaning crew, but they became pets before that happened 😁

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Oh, God. 50 zebras...you're going to have millions in 6 months lol

@MyPetArthropods 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden Yeah, they seem to be getting very busy! But that's good, I'm working on a paludarium 'project' and they'll fit in there nicely

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Remember, they will eat all your plants lol

@roostarr 11 ай бұрын

Great video, can't wait to see the rest of the collection. One small thing though, I think you might have one of them mislabelled. Hard to tell from a video since I can't see the surface texture clearly, but with how crisp the white is on those "dairy cows" you might want to take a closer look to check, I think they might be P.scaber "Moo Cow".

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. They're laevis, mate. Scabers have a lumpy body and laevis is smooth - I would prefer to have Moos actually lol

@roostarr 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgardenweird must just be a trick of the light then, my laevis are never as crisp white as my scaber! Much prefer the moo cow myself too! So much nicer looking! If there's anybody you see regularly in the invert show going crowd that's going to the Scottish show some of my extras will be available there from the Edinburgh Entomology table.

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Is that Thomas? Can never remember lol We was going but I'm not sure if we are now.

@roostarr 11 ай бұрын

@@themantisgarden yeah, that's him. I know that feeling, i would love to go to more of the shows but they are just too far to be practical unfortunately!

@themantisgarden 11 ай бұрын

Not much in Scotland, sadly. Not much up North, full stop lol