Some nice species there man! I've currently got ye olde standard springtails, Dwarf White Isopods, Dwarf Peruvian Purple Isopods and Tropical Grey Isopods.

Oh Lucky! I didn’t know you had zebras. I want some so bad

Great video and very helpful as I have just started collecting isopods springtails millipedes and roaches

11:10 That's definitely a mold. I'm not sure exactly what kind, but it will undoubtedly spread via isopod/springtail or just air currents. The white caps you're seeing are most likely the spore-producing parts. The colonies of mold are very mature and are rapidly spreading. I'd get rid of it ASAP if you don't want it all over your home.

Excellent video, I have dwarf grey ,powder blue,dwarf white isopods, populace exploded in a year ! lol

Can you post the exact recipe you use? Like the exact proportions of ingredients? Really appreciate your vids for someone interested in getting into the hobby of owning PDFs! I’ve read that feeding only bakers yeast discourages mites from popping up

I saw some killer isos In a Snake Discovery expo video yesterday. They're yellow with little spikes. Someone gifted whatsername with a culture, five hundo for ten of em, wow

Thanks for sharing, you seem so sweet! :)

I got a 3 month old lewisi hybrid for Christmas. I love him so much!

Was hoping for some reptiles but its always good to learn something new.

God, I love close ups.

Thanks for showing your cultures! I would love to see a video or post about the food you prepare for your springtails. :) I had similar problems with mold before, I figured the spores came with thesubstrate somehow, so I cleaned the whole enclosure because the mold just wouldn't go away. I'm not sure it was causing any problems for my animals, I was just afraid it will eventually spread so I decided to clean the cultures as a preventive measure. Hope your mold just disappears so you don't need to do this. :D

Im a little bit late to the party, but i was just wondering. For a dart frog vivarium, which do you use? Springtails or isopods? Ive thought about starting on my first vivarium and im conflicted on which of the two would be best.

Hi Mike, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I got a baby Crested and 5 Ghost Mantis nymphs for Christmas. Rango (My veiled chameleon) got a new stick and a new vine. I am trying to culture some springtails on clay balls (LECA). So far they seem to be thriving, but I only started it a couple weeks ago. I sprinkle some Repashy and Pangea crested gecko food into my springtail enclosures and they seem to love it. I also throw them a little chunk of mushroom once in a while. On a side note, I stopped by Predators Reptile store in Mesa yesterday. I live in the valley and it is the first time I have been there. I had to go after I saw your video tour of the store. Definitely a fun store. I am setting up a new vivarium so that I can pick up a couple of the terribilis that they have. Keep the videos coming. Dan

I got a red uromastyx for Christmas but I was hoping for a phelsuma grandis. He is pretty cool though. Now I have a chameleon, two leopard geckos, one crested gecko, 2 bearded dragons, an albino corn snake, a spider ball python and a uromastyx. Oh yeah, and an 18 year old dog!

Whats the scientific name for those grey springtails? Also your zebra isopods (Armadillidum maculatum) should not be kept moist, they are unlike most isopods and prefer to be a lot drier than the average. Hence why they are perfect CUC for more arid enclosures.

gringredients? :P It amazed me how easy it was to grow up our local isopods... too bad it didn't lead to me making money :( Take a chunk of that mold stuff into your biology place at school and have them look at it under a microscope and figure out what it is, or ask a local person that'd know (like a local mold removal professional). I tried looking it up online and there's too many species of molds and fungi to be able to narrow it down... I even tried looking for Calgary specific strains. ...all I got was house mold and toenail mold.

Great Video! Merry Christmas!

Do you think you could do a care video about Jackson chameleons I’m not sure which lights to get bc I heard compact uvb reptisun 5.0 aren’t good for them due to permanent damage to the eye

Got a yellow ackie for Christmas

I’m getting a panther chameleon soon, do you think I should create a BioActive terrarium?

5:26 i think i have the white worms in my springtail culture, what shall i do? Should i make a new one or what and will the worms harm your frogs if they got in one of the frog vivariums?

I think it may be a little to wet or not enough ventilation. I was told that when I had fungus on mine. Great video.

I have a cresty any suggestions on clean crew that I could get rid of if need be?

Question: So have you ever put different species of isopods into a vivarium? If so are they aggressive towards each other or do they tend to mind their own?

I love your vids

Got a red arg tegu! Merry Christmas!

Hi, i noticed some mites in one of my isopod cultures, only one culture and not piles of mites so they should defeat them, i removed the old food so that shoukd also help. I plugged all air holes to stop them from getting in and out. I will just open the container once a day. Im going to get dietomaceous earth so i dont have any problems again. Do i get the food grade stuff? Or is that different? And how many pound bag would i need for 2 or 3 standard plant trays? Im thinking of using the trays with a dome on top to stop them from dropping from above. Thanks so much

Hey Mike, where you live in Calgary, do you have any Isopods around outside? Over here in Montreal, I have thousands, especially Porcellio scaber. I set up a colony to feed some herps and I ended up keeping them as pets!

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Question, when you have a natural vivarium in your living room and you add isopods, do you often see them crawling around on your carpet? in other words, do you get many escapes?

Love your videos so so so much your the best of the best keep up the amazing and awesome and fantastic your AWESOME!!!!!!!

Where did you get the Zebra isopods? I'm also located in Calgary and can not find anywhere that sells them in Canada.

I got a female veiled for Christmas. my only present actually. she laid eggs two days later...

Hey Mike! I had 2 dwarf white isopod cultures going from my original cuc to seed a new tank. Both of them ended up with these teeny white worms in them that killed them all off. I have a purple colony going now and I have spotted a few of those damn worms. Any clue what the hell they are, where they are coming from and how to prevent them? I don’t want to lose another culture! Also where did you get your diatomaceous earth in Calgary? Thanks!

Hearing that you are in Canada, I am wondering what if you sell and ship your springtails and isopods?

Hi, what is that white powder under your box on 5:35?

Hi, Mike! Hope you had a great Christmas! Do you sell the Isopods and Springtails? I will be making a vivarium and have been looking but they are either non-existent or the prices are astronomical...would like to get some from you in you do.

Why did you boil the charcoal?

I am setting up large isopod and springtail culture. Can u sustain springtails and isopods in the same culture to add at once? Basically, I am starting my bioactive substrate well before the cage is made. Do u see any problems with this idea? Will both cultures be ok?

Probably getting another whites tree frog at the next expo

Can you give the list of ingredients for the springtails food?

I had bought a 18x18x24 exo terra a few months ago, and it was planted and it had that fungus stuff to idk what it was so I changed the soil.

Morning mike, quick question . Why is my crested gecko not sleeping through the day, yesterday he was sleeping at 10 am then then he woke up n jst went ham all over the tank n was up all day, n this morning I woke up to him still out n about with the lights on. He usually NEVER comes out wen the lights are on, nothing has changed. He’s jst overly active during the day. Any ideas? Most likely him jst being crazy idrk

What is it you have on the tray to kill mites?

Can't you add some springtails to your isopod culture to get rid of the fungus?

Hay Mike, I've got my crew setup in my young Nile setup but have noticed some other beasties in there. These are tiny little bugs, look like mites but have wings and can fly. Any ideas what they are??

hey what do you use as food for springtails it would be nice to know

Hi mike

Hey hey can u do a update?

Excuse me Mike.. can you give me a sugest .. where i can buy a dart frog ?? Thank you ..

Where do the mites come from? How do they appear?

Really would love a starter culture of them big springtails .. any ideas on that being possible ?

springtails shold eat mold (i put bread in their container so it'll catch mold)

Do springtails eat Algae

Would you happen to have giant grey spring tail culture for sale ? I am up in Canada too

Nice thumb nail

I wish they sold those in here :(

Anyone keep pink springtails?

Take the fungus to your garden center