Some nice species there man! I've currently got ye olde standard springtails, Dwarf White Isopods, Dwarf Peruvian Purple Isopods and Tropical Grey Isopods.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Those are all pretty awesome!
@dannydevito53126 жыл бұрын
Oh Lucky! I didn’t know you had zebras. I want some so bad
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
They are pretty awesome!
@RogerVicki5 жыл бұрын
Great video and very helpful as I have just started collecting isopods springtails millipedes and roaches
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
Congrats! That's awesome!
@blu12gaming446 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You are correct with the assessment of it being a mold!
@bobkob5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, I have dwarf grey ,powder blue,dwarf white isopods, populace exploded in a year ! lol
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
Congrats!
@laughingc0w5 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
Maybe that might be true! I don't actually know. I will post the recipe when I make more!
@LukeMcGuireoides Жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula Жыл бұрын
Ya those are crazy!
@bethsleepien98174 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, you seem so sweet! :)
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! I try to be, doesn’t always work though haha
@Sophia-nk1iy6 жыл бұрын
I got a 3 month old lewisi hybrid for Christmas. I love him so much!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Wow that is crazy! congrats!
@Sophia-nk1iy6 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula I got him a bit over a month ago now (but "for Christmas") and he's gotten so sweet already. Thanks!
@mgecko29596 жыл бұрын
Was hoping for some reptiles but its always good to learn something new.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
haha don't worry I will have some crazy stuff coming in the new year ;)
@LukeMcGuireoides Жыл бұрын
God, I love close ups.
@MikeTytula Жыл бұрын
They are neat!
@Blattarium_arthropods6 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Chances are I will have to just start over :/ And ya when I make more, I will post the video of how I make it.
@cooperbarnes126 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Honestly you should be using both!
@cooperbarnes126 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula Ok. Thank you so much! Much appreciated!
@yodasands6 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm in Phoenix right now! Will probably be stopping by there pretty soon!
@yodasands6 жыл бұрын
That is awesome that you are here. If you stop by Predators check out the Extatosoma tiaratum (giant prickly stick insect) that they have in the deli cups up by the registers. I am contemplating get one of them but supposedly they can get up to a foot long. I though about grabbing one of those also but I am not sure were I would keep an insect that can get bigger than a chameleon. Lol Happy New Year to you and your family! Dan
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
haha I believe I am going tomorrow maybe saturday. And I check them out for sure!
@kasonfurnas41806 жыл бұрын
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!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
haha sounds like you have your hands full! Haha
@kasonfurnas41806 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula no more than you my good man! My girlfriend died last year and I started acquiring reptiles to fill the hole in my life.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Damn sorry to hear that man...
@YummiestOrphan6 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
ohh really?? Drier? Noted! I will not spray them nearly as often! And no I have no idea!
@jaratt856 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking haha
@itsodins3816 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Merry Christmas!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Merry christmas to you as well!
@tanner13066 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I no longer have a jacksons so I likely won't, at least not any time soon, I would recommend a T5HO reptisun if you are using them
I’m getting a panther chameleon soon, do you think I should create a BioActive terrarium?
@YummiestOrphan6 жыл бұрын
100% yes. Then you don't have to stress the animal by going in to clean the enclosure. Chameleons can become quite stressed anyways so its best to keep the risk to a minimum.
@AdventuresTold3156 жыл бұрын
YummiestOrphan i agree
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Ya I would strongly recommend it!
@Triopticblaze6 жыл бұрын
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?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I haven't noticed them attack the frogs but I would make some more
@barbhelle54814 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I have it all finished now!
@mattyice93006 жыл бұрын
I have a cresty any suggestions on clean crew that I could get rid of if need be?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Springtails and isopods hha
@mshah30496 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula How many times a week do you feed a Crested Gecko?
@jpstrothers22376 жыл бұрын
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?
@JakeHockley6 жыл бұрын
JP Strothers They Just do their own thing. Mixing species is fine.
@ulliamodell54515 жыл бұрын
one would eventualy out compete the other in the long run. Although if you mixed say the dwarf whites with the zebra isopods that might work since they stay at different levels in the substrate.
@MikeTytula11 ай бұрын
Mixing is fine but normally one species gets out competed eventually
@repsneck99366 жыл бұрын
I love your vids
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@lebanonjames42816 жыл бұрын
Got a red arg tegu! Merry Christmas!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
That's insane! Congrats!
@OutdoorsAndBotanical6 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
That would work, I would just buy like a 5 pound bag!
@roachant6 жыл бұрын
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!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Ya that works I just would make sure you breed them and only add the babies to the tank.
@jjjjj84556 жыл бұрын
aye
@MikeTytula11 ай бұрын
Hi!
@MoreChannelNoise6 жыл бұрын
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?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
No lol
@dinosaurterrorworld1446 жыл бұрын
Love your videos so so so much your the best of the best keep up the amazing and awesome and fantastic your AWESOME!!!!!!!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy! I appreciate it
@dinosaurterrorworld1446 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula your very welcome mate☺️😊👍
@SillyMcYain6 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the Zebra isopods? I'm also located in Calgary and can not find anywhere that sells them in Canada.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Jungle jewel
@dstrickler206 жыл бұрын
I got a female veiled for Christmas. my only present actually. she laid eggs two days later...
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
haha wow that is insane!
@cindywillick42056 жыл бұрын
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!
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no idea, I would need to see a photo of them or something to help out. I ordered mine on amazon
@LauranceTanza5 жыл бұрын
Hearing that you are in Canada, I am wondering what if you sell and ship your springtails and isopods?
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
I don't really ship or anything, and I don't currently have enough to sell.
@Dendrotera16 жыл бұрын
Hi, what is that white powder under your box on 5:35?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
diatomaceous earth I think!
@Dendrotera16 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula and why you using it? This kills Mites? "I don't think so. Lime can be better.
@azrasamonichi36376 жыл бұрын
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.
@L0GANTP6 жыл бұрын
NEHerp usually has dwarf whites for sale, but limit 1 culture per customer. Its not that big, but it has enough to start your own colony.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I can sell locally. But im not really interested in sending them across the country and I won't ship outside of canada
@azrasamonichi36376 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. I will check them out. And thank you, Mike, for answering my question...I live in Florida so it is way out of your comfort zone! 🙂
@lonnydub6 жыл бұрын
shop.bugsincyberspace.com/searchquick-submit.sc?keywords=Isopods A good place to buy isopods at a reasonable price.
@LJsReef4 жыл бұрын
Why did you boil the charcoal?
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
Just to water log it, and to remove any thing that may have been on it from the garage
@pauljohnston60896 жыл бұрын
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?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
You should be good you just have to make sure that you are providing enough food for both species.
@Fern694206 жыл бұрын
Probably getting another whites tree frog at the next expo
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Right on
@tanngo18246 жыл бұрын
Can you give the list of ingredients for the springtails food?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I will have to check when I am home.
@AlejandroHernandez-fw6ur6 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Ya I have the feeling that I might have to do the same thing.
@spennyz6 жыл бұрын
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
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I mean it depends on the crestie. I would make sure that you don't have any of those red lights or anything on at night time.
@clydewilkins33155 жыл бұрын
What is it you have on the tray to kill mites?
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
Diatomaceous earth
@sandersmet79136 жыл бұрын
Can't you add some springtails to your isopod culture to get rid of the fungus?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I don't think they really eat that fungus.
@dougalwhi88886 жыл бұрын
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??
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Likely fungus gnats
@dougalwhi88886 жыл бұрын
Thnks
@davidkolomiyets30536 жыл бұрын
hey what do you use as food for springtails it would be nice to know
@MikeTytula2 жыл бұрын
I make our own blend.
@lozdiego90216 жыл бұрын
Hi mike
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Hey!
@teeyyeet2245 Жыл бұрын
Hey hey can u do a update?
@MikeTytula Жыл бұрын
Honestly, most of the isopods I had I sold.
@teeyyeet2245 Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTytula 😵oofs all rights
@frdkrnwn_mnm6 жыл бұрын
Excuse me Mike.. can you give me a sugest .. where i can buy a dart frog ?? Thank you ..
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
depends where you live
@frdkrnwn_mnm6 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula in here not seller dart frog ... I am from Indonesia
@samiam7325 жыл бұрын
Where do the mites come from? How do they appear?
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
Just the outside environment!
@samiam7325 жыл бұрын
Oh. Wasn't sure. Thank you.
@MikeTytula5 жыл бұрын
No worries.
@ArnolddeGans6 жыл бұрын
Really would love a starter culture of them big springtails .. any ideas on that being possible ?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Where are you located?
@ArnolddeGans6 жыл бұрын
The Netherlands, Europe
@ArnolddeGans6 жыл бұрын
Might be best after the cold period tho .. ;)
@ArnolddeGans6 жыл бұрын
And while we at it ... would love to get a starter culture of them dwarf brown isopods as well :)
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I can't ship them outside of canada without a permit
@user-pw5sz7hh9b6 жыл бұрын
springtails shold eat mold (i put bread in their container so it'll catch mold)
@MikeTytula2 жыл бұрын
Ya they eat mold. A lot of time they might not eat the green mold that typically grows on bread though. Let me know how it went
@rafaeltimothy41104 жыл бұрын
Do springtails eat Algae
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
Not that I've seen
@rafaeltimothy41104 жыл бұрын
I think they eat algae
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
🤷🏼♂️
@jasonsuyu96936 жыл бұрын
Would you happen to have giant grey spring tail culture for sale ? I am up in Canada too
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
I don't unfortunately, I got my from a place out east. I can't remember what is was called...
@jasonsuyu96936 жыл бұрын
Thx Mike for the Prompt reply ~~
@pingary2144 жыл бұрын
Nice thumb nail
@MikeTytula4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@igris61286 жыл бұрын
I wish they sold those in here :(
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
Where is here?
@igris61286 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula Costa Rica
@kataratify6 жыл бұрын
Anyone keep pink springtails?
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
My buddy seems to have some. So I hope to get some soon
@kchstudiophx98436 жыл бұрын
Take the fungus to your garden center
@MikeTytula6 жыл бұрын
hah why what would they do with it?
@tamarrajames35905 жыл бұрын
Mike Tytula identify it perhaps springtails love to eat fungus as well.🖤🇨🇦