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inmytanks
Добавлен 19 ноя 2023
Just a hobbyist learning to keep their aquatic friends happy and healthy 🐠🦐
Proud member of #theisopodagenda :)
Proud member of #theisopodagenda :)
Deep Dive: Breeding Freshwater Aquatic Isopods
Freshwater aquatic isopods reproduce at a rapid rate. I’ve bred 1000s of them and here I yap for what feels like 1000s of hours about some of the things I’ve learned along the way.
As always thank you to the countless people who have helped #thesopodagenda grow. It’s been amazing seeing them become more known and popular in the hobby and I can’t wait to see what 2025 brings as more people keep them.
This is a deep dive into the breeding of freshwater aquatic isopods so it is a little bit exhaustive ( a yap fest I know). I tried to say everything I could think of that I've learned along the way. I’ll answer all the questions I can in the comments and of course please let me know what you w...
As always thank you to the countless people who have helped #thesopodagenda grow. It’s been amazing seeing them become more known and popular in the hobby and I can’t wait to see what 2025 brings as more people keep them.
This is a deep dive into the breeding of freshwater aquatic isopods so it is a little bit exhaustive ( a yap fest I know). I tried to say everything I could think of that I've learned along the way. I’ll answer all the questions I can in the comments and of course please let me know what you w...
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Intro to: Elassoma Gilberti (Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish)
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Intro to: Elassoma Gilberti (Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish)
Intro to: Aquatic Isopods (in your aquarium)
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Intro to: Aquatic Isopods (in your aquarium)
These guys have probably survived every mass extinction event. It’s a bug world, and we’re just living in it.
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Very nice!!!!
@@chisaquaticvibe6524 Thank you!!!!!
my fish love to eat these
Me too! :)...
Are your aquatic isopods wild caught? I recently took a few swipes with a net through some local water weeds ( in MA, so I had to stomp a hole in the ice first ) put my catch in 4 five gallon bucksts, probably 2/3 full each.literally took less than ten minutes. I then seperated the isopods from the buckets by pouring small quantities into a white dish tub and pawed through with some latex gloves, sucking up any I saw with a turkey baster couple hours later I had well over 100 isopods in another bucket which were rinsed several times to remove most of the filth. The trick to getting them cleanly then is to swirl the water vigorously, allowing the remaining bits of debris and the isopods to collect in the middle. The isopods immediately move to the outer edge of the bucket and begin the unending trip around the circumference of the bucket, making it easy to suck them up from clear water, avoiding any of the questionable bits remaining after the rinse cycle.
Hey! Thank you for the comment. These ones are tank raised and not wild caught but you definitely gave me some technique ideas for future collecting adventures >:)
Good video
Are live plant fertilizers safe for these?
Would these be able to multiply or survive with other fish? Tank mates? Thanks. I'm thinking about getting some for my 30gal. I have one Polar Blue x Thai Silk Bonsai and one Clown Pleco.
Hey there, I've been able to keep them with smaller fish like CPDs, rice fish, chilli raspboras etc. But I haven't tried them with the ones you listed. I would guess many larger fish would happily eat them if they could get to them.
Is it possible to keep scuds and isopods in the same aquarium? Pros and cons?
@@ilaarokeP Some species do occur together in nature so I think it’s possible. I’m not an expert on scuds. I guess it would depend on how aggressive they really are. Personally it would be something I would try without overthinking it too much. So only con I can imagine is if scuds actually eat the occasional baby isopod. But I don’t know if they would.
@inmytanks Thank you for your answer! I'm building my own tank currently and because I have bioactive terrariums for my poison darts I'm exploring the idea of similar setup with my aquarium.
@@ilaarokeP Ooo that sounds like fun! If I were going to combine them and wanted to be cautious I would put the isopods in first and let them establish then add the scuds.
Do they bother adult mystery snails?
@@CowgirlAtHeart Hey there! Not in my experience.
ok now tell me how to get them😆🥹
@8:41 :D! if you're in the U.S. Ebay if in UK. Otherwise... you're on your own :p
@inmytanks damn I'm at SEA😭
I've got these in my ponds here in the UK and our winter temperatures can go below freezing but today for instance it's warmer 28 December at 42f or 6c I moved some of these guys into my internal fish tank and they are doing really well, alongside very small fish with an average temperature of around 60 - 65f
Im excited to try and find some next summer!
Good luck!! They could start showing up sooner than that even if you get impatient xD
I was trying to buy some, but there are no options for me in gernamy. Will search for the normal european version tomorrow in a small lake here. maybe iam lucky. They are really cool to watch and help in the tank.
My biggest fear is they overpopulate the tank, which i wouldn't like. Would nano fish predate on them?
Sighting your sources??? 10/10 no notes. Keep it up
That pea puffer at least 360 no-scoped for the final kill 🤷♂️
PodHub 😂😂😂
Appreciate this footage. I felt like I was in an entirely new world.
Wait! You said "isopod agenda". That made me realize YOU'RE the one I bought those isopods from the other day! It was written in your note. That's funny because I've never seen your channel before. It was also kinda funny, because when I opened that package and read your note aloud, it said something about getting started on the isopod agenda. I turned to my boyfriend, we both stared at my 50+ other isopod cultures and said "right, just getting started..." Lol
I fuck with ya videos bro. Great quality videos . The road to 10k sub is closer than you think. keep up the great work!
Thanks for the vid, do you know if isopods eats others fish poop and could be used to keep the tanks clean ?
Thank you! No problem. And they do help breakdown any available nutrients in fish waste. But I think it would take them + plants to really completely utilize everything. I don't think there's many things that truly "eat" fish waste.
Beautiful footage! I don't even have a fish tank but I watched for the photography and the funny narration. Thank you!
Hey hey thank you so much for this comment ^^; I had a hard time finishing this video so I told myself just to focus on getting some good shots and the talking won’t seem as bad 😆 Glad to hear both were appreciated! Thank you for watching :)
wonderfull video on a an incredibly overlooked species, concidering just how common they are in the wild, in most of the northern hemisphere, and how popular small ecosystem aquariums have become in recent years. thank you for putting a spotlight on those cute little buggers! one thing i found, is that dragon stones, or just a pile of rough lava rocks give them a safe haven, even if you have small, not to predatory fish in the tank. PS: can somebody please tell me what the bright green "moss" @ 13:10 is?
Thank you !! I agree. It's crazy that these guys are just kinda getting the appreciation they deserve :) Totally agree with dragon stone! I haven't done lava rock yet but I need to try that so thank you for that. Rocks are supreme for safety ^^ The moss you're seeing I think is some Riccia fluitans stuck on the sponge filter. The rest in that shot I think is just hair algae xD. There's some christmas/giant willow/java moss throughout the video though.
Great video, informative, beautiful aquariums and species. I'm curious though. Do they require copper in their diet like terrestrial Isopods? Is the calcium deficiency in the snails related to the Isopods in any way? Water parameters will vary I'm sure but their effects on those parameters could cause problems for other crustaceans if unexpected. So, I wonder if this is what I'm seeing in your video.
Hey hey. Thank you for watching! You’re too kind. There’s some variety in my snails condition but I do not believe the degradation is due to a calcium deficiency. My water tends to be more on the acidic side and some of their shells do not look as nice especially as they get older and have a hard time keeping up. I also recently used no planaria in the tank I filmed this video in and I find that stress has a big effect on my snails ability to keep their shells healthy in my water. I haven’t noticed the isopods making any difference with the snails shell health.
@inmytanks Thank you for your time. They look good, and healthy and appears as though it's all surface degradation and no spirals so I believe you are correct. I'm glad I asked. I'm really considering getting some for my tanks but am dealing with some imbalances at the moment and am reluctant and am just starting to look into to them. Thank you again.
Will Isopods affect cherry shrimp breeding? Anybody know if they will eat small fish eggs? (I am thinking of putting them in a shrimp tank, as well as a tank with breeding White Clouds and cherry shrimp.)
@@saabtech3510 Hey as you can see I keep my main culture with shrimp and I have them together in a few different places. I haven’t noticed a difference in the shrimp breeding. But I breed both of them together with no issues / noticeably decrease with either. The shrimp out compete the pods if anything due to their size/strength/mobility advantage. I keep them in my killifish egg trays and have hatched many eggs with them. They don’t eat viable fish eggs in my experience.
Hope this is helpful! Thanks for the comment ^^
@inmytanks Thanks much! I like the approach you take in keeping your tanks.
Well done, Y Young sir thanks for sharing 😊
@@jeffkane4391 Anytime! Thank you for the appreciation! glad you enjoyed :)
Where can I get some?
@@BuddhaSheep In the U.S. there a few sellers. I sell them on eBay, garden of Eder does as well on their website, Phillips fish works and Carolina biological.
Could these guys be semi-aquatic/semi-emersed? Be great for a paladarium.
So they definitely need water. They can’t really move outside of it. But making a tank with a land portion in it is definitely in my plans for them.
Great video, i have been learning a lot about isopods because of you.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. Hey you're the only one that can learn for yourself so you're learning because of YOU haha. Welcome to #theisopodagenda :P
Awesome video, I've been feeding terrestrial insects to my fish for years and marveled at a isopod from outside wandering about underwater for hours and not being preyed upon. I don't have any shrimp tanks currently but when I do this will be a nano critter to add and enjoy. They frolic and wrestle amusingly, good stuff, thank you, subscribed
I love this video and your way of explaining things! Where did you get your isopods?
@@cabk.4538 aww thank you I really appreciate that feedback ^^; & I originally got my pods from Garden of Eder!
From reddit to youtube you have my following. Im glad this is working out for you!
@@Michael-fl9dv Haha I appreciate you <3 reddit peeps will always be my favorite. Having fun with it so far :D We’ll see how far we can take this!
eeey isopod fam, like and sub the podlings!
One of us! One of us! One of us!!
Great content. Subbed
Glad you enjoyed it :D appreciate ya!
Something to keep in mind is that many of these creatures (Asellus Aquaticus is a prime example) are sequential hermaphrodites. What this means is that all of them are born female, and then transition to male after their egg-laying molt. When collecting these from the wild to try and culture them, you must therefor be careful not to only select the larger specimens, because those are likely to all be male!
"They're turning the freakin isopods gay" I love Alex and this isn't really connected to that just reminded me of it and had to say it.
They're never male or female. They're both, and different gonads just grow and become functional depending on their stage of life.
Extremely good video keep it going man
Hey man, this is AJ, I bought a bag of Isopods from you at the Monument Brewing Company..please keep in touch. Can you message me ? Thanks.
Hey AJ! Thanks for grabbing the bag. Hope they do well for you ^^ We can keep in touch. You can always hit me up on Instagram @inmytanks or my email inmytanks@gmail.com
i subbed, cool video
@@thehairywoodsman5644 Appreciate the sub! Thanks for watching ^^
I am accepting this isopod propaganda, I might need to set something up for some myself
😂😂😂 that’s right >;) join us!! #theisopodagenda
Do you know where can I find these to buy online that ship to Brazil?
Perhaps someone can breed colored fw isopods, that will be awesome
I think there’s a good chance that happens sometime in the next year or so!
@inmytanks There are actually already a number of color morphs that are rarely made available. Brown, Gold, and Gray are colors I've all seen selectively bred for.
@@CaptainDCap I don't doubt someone out there has them! Would love to see any links to pictures of them.
Thanks for the video 👌
Anytime!
Shrimp.
@@camzxlegendary9649 yes
What a relaxing video to watch while getting some chores done. Love listening to your voice ❤
Ah sick! Video looks great as always
Thank you!! ^^
they're my favvvvvrite
Mineeeee tooo :3
Damn the shot of the claws at 8:00 is really good. I feel like I never see those. Great video I felt like I was IN the tank!
Isopods underrated on the power scales i'm just sayin
Cheers mate, cool Video!😍 Do you sell your isopod offspring? It’s so difficult to find them on the internet 🥲
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it ^^ If you're in the U.S. I do. Just shoot me an email at inmytanks@gmail.com. There's also The Garden of Eder, Phillips Fish Works & Carolina biological. If you're in the U.K. you can find asellus aquaticus all over eBay.
Peas?
Frozen soybeans I think edamame!
where do u buy these lol
Are these guys prone to population crashes or do they self regulate their numbers in an aquarium?
In my experience they regulate well.