I remember Bob Ross loved animals and sometimes had them on his show, you're literally Bob Ross if he decided to go for his passion of animals instead of painting.
I went to High School in the 70’s with a guy named Paul that had a huge “Natural” like yours. He became a software wizard. And the last I heard he was VERY wealthy. That’s good because he’s a nice guy. Good Video Cheers.
Thanks for the video, Daniel! I appreciate the explanation of the setups, as I'm hoping to get into cultivating isopods/springtails for bioactive setups very soon! The mesh is a good idea; I had been wondering how to provide ventilation while still preventing escapes.
You are such a great speaker / presenter. Loved your video and can't wait till spring comes to Canada so I can go out and find some isopods for my terrariums.
Yes! I love isopods! I have zebras in with my millipedes, it's cool to watch them trundling about. I feed rotted oak wood and birch leaves to both the 'pods and 'pedes. Eta: We call them "chucky pigs" in the south west of England.
randomly clicked this vid here after finding some isopods i dont even know you but i just fell in love with the montage and the way you make your vids subbed
I caught some Isopods in my backyard and have kept them for a few weeks now! I don't have side ventilation on their enclosure and they've seemed to be doing just fine so far, I'd put some in but I don't have anything to store them in while I refurbish their current home.
Great Video!! 😊 I love how you explain everything about the isopods😊 i am sorry for my comment Weeks ago... You doing an awesome Job Daniel, keep Up the good work 😊💪
HI Daniel Carter, my name is Jo., I'm from New Zealand. Don't know if you know this but we have the giant cave Weta and garden weta.They've been around for billion of years. I made a hotel for them to hibernate and breed. By tying cut up pieces of bamboo together and hung it in a tree ( -in a sheltered position in my garden). Even though they freak me out, I actually bred a few baby wetas. Pretty cool ayhe!!! Thought you might be interested. Great channel.....I'm into creating living terrariums.
I was making my own native culture of armadillidium vulgare and also found 1 GIANT guy amongst all the smaller boys. Real excited to see how they turn out
@@mikedeisle5 I was able to find some really cool morphs. Threw them in with the rest. Hope I can make some really cool lookin dudes. Find anything of interest?
I found some with a little bit of yellow in them that look neato. Also found some sowbugs for the first time this year. I probably seen around 100 or so armadillidium vulgare just lifting up rocks around my house lol
@@mikedeisle5 Yes! Hundreds of the lil buggers! Just made for good pickins though. Was able to find 1 cool one with vibrant yellow spots down the spine and a ton of brown ones that looked more marbled. Hoping the marbled ones will mate with a full black one in hopes of a darker marble color. Just think that would look super neat
Good video bro! I had some deciduous bonsai trees out for the winter and when they came back in to the window sill for spring isopods keep flushing out the bottom every time I water. Now my moss terrarium is becoming an isopod haven for them, but I needed to know exactly how best to keep them. Should be easy now.
How do you not have more subs man? For real thank you so much for sharing info on these animals and bugs. I want to keep a population of wild isopods for my turtle and fish. My painted turtle loves them and I have a few types of wild fish that will not take any store bought fish foods and think they are sick of eating guppy fry.
Great video. Have some salamander soil was just wondering maybe I can use that for my isopods set up. now have to buy more bags at hydroponic store they're on clearance.
Bought some cultures earlier this year for my 2 first inclosures. I really should’ve bred them first. I just went out back and grabbed a couple pots of soil and got some isopods. Hopefully i can breed these ones!
Idk why, but when I was younger, I created a massive colony of isopods. Just gave them potatoes and carrots. I ended up with 1/2 an inch thick floor of isopods in the container. I suspended clothes vertically on strings and spaced the cloth 1/4 an in apart to maximize surface area and air flow. I forgot about them for a month, and they were still doing fine they just ate the 11 rags I put in there you could barely tell the cloths were ever there. Never had any substrate just sprayed the cloths with water.
Hey Daniel! I realize this is an older video but I was wondering how these cultures are doing with that salamander soil for you? I’m going to the Tinley Park expo this coming week and hope to find a few starter cultures of Millie’s and isos! Just getting things set up before the trip. Cheers!!
I have a devil's coach horse beetle in a similar set-up. Do you have any tips? I feed him mealworms and mealworm beetles and he's been doing fine for several months, but I'm still unsure if he has what he needs.
Rove beetles are super cool. I'm not experienced in their care but it sounds like you're doing well. This kinda setup is great for things like earwigs, and I would imagine a rove beetle is about the same
Every weekend, I just put a bit of lettuce, carrot, strawberry, etc. in with my isopods. They seem to love their lives as their population is SOARING daily
Question! Dose any live plants help with stagnant air? I have 2 glass terrarium with some ferns in them. Slugs seem to like one, but I wanted to put pull bugs in the other, but it's got a cork lid
Just found you. I do have a question. I saw someone include some roly poly's in his terrariums and whatnot. You said they are sensitive to stagnant air, so... would it be bad to introduce them into a closed or mainly closed terrarium?
just btw, i found a huge collection in an underground sprinkler box thing, so idk if the airflow is that important, but it should still be freshened every day at least
Thanks for this video Daniel. This is awesome!! I loved the intro as well. Very cool. I currently have zebra isopods. When I got them there were 9 in the cup. Is that enough to start a colony? Or should I buy more?
Springtails are great at keeping mold and fungus in check, isopods do well with dead plant matter and animal waste. I think it's worth having both, but if I were to go with just one as a cleanup crew I'd probably do springs.
For arid setups certain species of isopods are ideal. Springtails don’t do very well in arid setups since they need such a high humidity (I have experience with both). Isopods also provide a nutritious snack.
I have a glass terrarium with a mesh lid would that cause the air to be to stagnant? If so I can do something else I just wanted to use that one since I already have it
Question: can I have too many isopods and springtails in my terrarium? I only plan on having two darts and I will be feeding them also in the terrarium.
Hey where did you find those vulgare the ones with a lot of yellow to them? I have standard vulgate ones with a lil yellow but I’ve been looking for ones with more yellow to them like yours in the video
I live in Michigan so I can’t get them from there, would there be anyway you could get like 10-12 of the more vibrant vulgare with more of the yellow in them for me and ship them to me I could send you money via PayPal or what nots.
i put some in my dubia tub.. so far they are ok they like to chill on the cut up apples and stuff. Is it safe to keep doing this? There isnt any substrate on the floor of the tub, the dubia colony is 100 and only about 3 months old. The poop hasnt accumulated into a layer of dirt layer. i also put a few earwigs in there, but i havent seen them in a long time
I remember Bob Ross loved animals and sometimes had them on his show, you're literally Bob Ross if he decided to go for his passion of animals instead of painting.
Lol probably true
@@evershyxoxo2972 I’m sure that’s why the comparison arose in the first place... sigh
@@evershyxoxo2972 no the comparision was firstly due to the afro. you added the afro as if it's a mind blowing fact
He comes from the future of a different universe
He has the hairstyle too
i appreciate the shot of you bumping into those roots on a kayak when you say “we’ve never strayed farther from our roots” in the intro
*where can I get isopods?* me: Go outside flip a giant rock over, there you go. I mean that’s how I got mine.
• Lmaosady • same I just let them breed for like 3 months
I swear to god I haven’t seen a single wild isopod since I was a kid
god is dead you likely don’t tip over dozens of rocks and downed trees like you used to as when you were a kid
Eric Carve I sure do lmao I still have the one I found almost last year.
They love to live by trees too and on the bark. That's my jackpot spot I usually get a ton.
You should do an update on these isopods I would love to see how your colonies have grown in the couple months since setup.
I'd like to see his operation now. Jeez, I thought this was a new video. It's old af
I went to High School in the 70’s with a guy named Paul that had a huge “Natural” like yours. He became a software wizard.
And the last I heard he was VERY wealthy. That’s good because he’s a nice guy. Good Video Cheers.
Omg💕💕💕 i love your hairs !!! Beautiful
Perfect timing Dan! Just ordered my first isopods and this video will for sure help me out. Amazing video as always.
Hey, Daniel- I'm teaching my Austin middle schoolers about isopods now. -- And you're wearing the shirt I illustrated
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Im from east texas, we called them rolly pollies.
Same
I've heard everyone everywhere call it that but isopod is more like the scientific term
@@cinnadel I'm in N.Y. and they call it rollie pollies her to but I'm from the west coast and the same name there
I'm from California and I've also lived in Texas Oklahoma and Colorado and I'm pretty sure they are called that every where
We called them pill bugs here in California.
I love keeping Isopods.
All hours are real isopod hours.
Thanks for the video, Daniel! I appreciate the explanation of the setups, as I'm hoping to get into cultivating isopods/springtails for bioactive setups very soon! The mesh is a good idea; I had been wondering how to provide ventilation while still preventing escapes.
You are such a great speaker / presenter. Loved your video and can't wait till spring comes to Canada so I can go out and find some isopods for my terrariums.
You have fabulous hair 👍🏻
Yes! I love isopods! I have zebras in with my millipedes, it's cool to watch them trundling about. I feed rotted oak wood and birch leaves to both the 'pods and 'pedes.
Eta: We call them "chucky pigs" in the south west of England.
The zebras also really like fresh moss so I go up to the woods and find big fallen bits of oak that have a good moss covering.
“Chucky pigs” is a new one, thanks for sharing
I just got into keeping isopods and what a nice surprise when I search isopod care and afroherpkeeper comes up!:)
randomly clicked this vid here after finding some isopods
i dont even know you
but i just fell in love with the montage and the way you make your vids
subbed
Thanks for this tutorial! If it wasn't winter I'd run outside and collect the local species and set up a colony!
Woo hoo!! Gotta love them isopods! Can’t wait for some updates!
I absolutely love the intro btw
0:44
Same here, except parasites like botflies, I want to vomit whenever I think of something like that.
ahhhhh that soldering idea is so useful, i wish i knew it what i was making all my mushroom tubs so i didn't shatter so much plastic
Haha, it’ll definitely work for those too!
Dude literally not even a minute in and you’ve got my sub lol this channel seems great so far
Happy happy little isopods
Super informative, ty! & intro had me subbed IMMEDIATELY!
When I was a kid I played with these. I loved them. They were so fascinating.
Yesterday when i saw one of your room tour a got so satisfied and it would be cool with a grow tent update
I caught some Isopods in my backyard and have kept them for a few weeks now! I don't have side ventilation on their enclosure and they've seemed to be doing just fine so far, I'd put some in but I don't have anything to store them in while I refurbish their current home.
Mom can we have a Bob Ross?
We already have him at home
Bob Ross at home:
As always, exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks Daniel!
Great Video!! 😊 I love how you explain everything about the isopods😊 i am sorry for my comment Weeks ago... You doing an awesome Job Daniel, keep Up the good work 😊💪
I’ve only watched the intro, and I already liked it!!!
Update please! Love the video
Glad to know I'm not the only one using a soldering iron to put holes in plastic things
HI Daniel Carter, my name is Jo., I'm from New Zealand. Don't know if you know this but we have the giant cave Weta and garden weta.They've been around for billion of years. I made a hotel for them to hibernate and breed. By tying cut up pieces of bamboo together and hung it in a tree ( -in a sheltered position in my garden). Even though they freak me out, I actually bred a few baby wetas. Pretty cool ayhe!!! Thought you might be interested. Great channel.....I'm into creating living terrariums.
The beginner species is what ever the heck is outside your house
I was making my own native culture of armadillidium vulgare and also found 1 GIANT guy amongst all the smaller boys. Real excited to see how they turn out
I just made one today, had some fat boys around my house
@@mikedeisle5 I was able to find some really cool morphs. Threw them in with the rest. Hope I can make some really cool lookin dudes. Find anything of interest?
I found some with a little bit of yellow in them that look neato. Also found some sowbugs for the first time this year. I probably seen around 100 or so armadillidium vulgare just lifting up rocks around my house lol
@@mikedeisle5 Yes! Hundreds of the lil buggers! Just made for good pickins though. Was able to find 1 cool one with vibrant yellow spots down the spine and a ton of brown ones that looked more marbled. Hoping the marbled ones will mate with a full black one in hopes of a darker marble color. Just think that would look super neat
@@GreatGrace1123 thats exciting, hopefully they do! Never thought collecting isopods would be so much fun lol
Good video bro! I had some deciduous bonsai trees out for the winter and when they came back in to the window sill for spring isopods keep flushing out the bottom every time I water. Now my moss terrarium is becoming an isopod haven for them, but I needed to know exactly how best to keep them. Should be easy now.
15:06 Lol, looks like a tangerine slice!
Spectacular work. You certainly have quite a few beautiful isopods. Great video!
How do you not have more subs man? For real thank you so much for sharing info on these animals and bugs. I want to keep a population of wild isopods for my turtle and fish. My painted turtle loves them and I have a few types of wild fish that will not take any store bought fish foods and think they are sick of eating guppy fry.
Great video. Have some salamander soil was just wondering maybe I can use that for my isopods set up. now have to buy more bags at hydroponic store they're on clearance.
cool stuff, thanks for doing this
You should do a vid on the grow tent for blue
It will happen in due time, I have lots of other stuff I'm working on
Love the new intro
Lolll the name alone made me subscribe. The personality kept me for the video. My intrest is what brought me here. :)
New favorite channel
Great video, I absolutely love Isopods
I love what you do!
Bought some cultures earlier this year for my 2 first inclosures. I really should’ve bred them first. I just went out back and grabbed a couple pots of soil and got some isopods. Hopefully i can breed these ones!
You're wild mix looks like you picked up some gold flexs, they are a gorgeous species one of my favorites such a subtle beauty.
how about a quick update on how these turned out please?
I found those same little sheets of mesh at a hardware store and i cant remember the place! They were perfect for enclosures.
Happy little isopods :)
Would love to see an update on these isopods. How are they doing? Are they breeding? Wally
Idk why, but when I was younger, I created a massive colony of isopods. Just gave them potatoes and carrots. I ended up with 1/2 an inch thick floor of isopods in the container. I suspended clothes vertically on strings and spaced the cloth 1/4 an in apart to maximize surface area and air flow. I forgot about them for a month, and they were still doing fine they just ate the 11 rags I put in there you could barely tell the cloths were ever there. Never had any substrate just sprayed the cloths with water.
Hey Daniel! I realize this is an older video but I was wondering how these cultures are doing with that salamander soil for you? I’m going to the Tinley Park expo this coming week and hope to find a few starter cultures of Millie’s and isos! Just getting things set up before the trip. Cheers!!
Did he ever get back to you about the soil?
Thx for putting out this care guide. What isopod could I use in a well ventilated bearded dragon pvc enclosure?
I love isopods, getting mine soon! (A. vulgare gem-mix)
Thank you. Your amazing
I have a devil's coach horse beetle in a similar set-up. Do you have any tips? I feed him mealworms and mealworm beetles and he's been doing fine for several months, but I'm still unsure if he has what he needs.
Rove beetles are super cool. I'm not experienced in their care but it sounds like you're doing well. This kinda setup is great for things like earwigs, and I would imagine a rove beetle is about the same
Hey! I'm a isopod farmer and having trouble with getting more so do you know were to find them in the wild.
You can find em everywhere.
Every weekend, I just put a bit of lettuce, carrot, strawberry, etc. in with my isopods. They seem to love their lives as their population is SOARING daily
Love the fro!
Idk about the things what ever says about you. You rock :D
I'm from germany we call them kellerasseln and the live eeeverywhere, i really didn't know that some people keep them as pets😂
How could they survive in Germany ? especially in winter 🤷🏻♀️🥶
Question! Dose any live plants help with stagnant air? I have 2 glass terrarium with some ferns in them. Slugs seem to like one, but I wanted to put pull bugs in the other, but it's got a cork lid
This was so helpful and informative - thanks so much!
Just found you. I do have a question. I saw someone include some roly poly's in his terrariums and whatnot. You said they are sensitive to stagnant air, so... would it be bad to introduce them into a closed or mainly closed terrarium?
Late reply, only the smaller ones thrive in closed terrariums as far as I've seen
I just gotta say I love your intro
Awesome, thank you for all the info. Just caught some natives to hopefully incorporate into a terrarium.
Sevílla. That double L is pronounced something closer to Sevi-Ya or Sevi-Ja.
Cool to see different varieties of isopods.
just btw, i found a huge collection in an underground sprinkler box thing, so idk if the airflow is that important, but it should still be freshened every day at least
Hehe, there are not a lot of people with afros where i live, so my sisters friend saw u and said "WOOOOW, he had a lot of cool hair" 😂😂😂
So how often would I need to mist the enclosure?
Can you do an up date on these id love to see what they all look like now
I loved this video. We are going to be breeding isopods as well. Looking for some more unusual isopods to buy but have several started already.
YAS YAS FINALLY 👏👏👏👏👏
i'm from Michigan. That salamander soil is for cannabis but thats a pretty awesome use for it ya got going!
What kind of containers are those. I want to make a larger breeding container for my isopods and those seem perfect?
Bro I love your hair
Thanks for this video Daniel. This is awesome!! I loved the intro as well. Very cool. I currently have zebra isopods. When I got them there were 9 in the cup. Is that enough to start a colony? Or should I buy more?
Definitely enough to start a colony if you give them what they need, I had about that many to start too.
I live in Tennessee, it's cold and I'm wondering if I can find some of those rn with this weather
What does a better job at tank cleaning isopods or springtails? Do I only need one or the other, or should I have both?
Springtails are great at keeping mold and fungus in check, isopods do well with dead plant matter and animal waste. I think it's worth having both, but if I were to go with just one as a cleanup crew I'd probably do springs.
For arid setups certain species of isopods are ideal. Springtails don’t do very well in arid setups since they need such a high humidity (I have experience with both). Isopods also provide a nutritious snack.
I'm wondering if a Kritter keeper would be suitable? Figure I'd need to add mesh though to help keep some of them in. :)
Hello afroherpkeeper, which isopod you recommend as cleaner crew? Please answer mate. Sorry for bad english
Love the new intro!
Love the new intro btw
I have a glass terrarium with a mesh lid would that cause the air to be to stagnant? If so I can do something else I just wanted to use that one since I already have it
Do you ever need to clean up the enclosure? Or do they clean up after themself?
They clean up after themselves! Theyre detrivores.
Question: can I have too many isopods and springtails in my terrarium? I only plan on having two darts and I will be feeding them also in the terrarium.
Great video next summer i wanna go hunting for some local isopods and breed them for all of my enclosures.
What's recommended for high humidity?
Is it okay if the organic party in the soil has vermiculite and or perlite?
I have a species at school it’s a shiny white and one is a light gray.
do isopods need light? i mean can u just store them in ur closet or what?
They like the dark that's why they may dig or hide under places like rocks or leaves.
Hey where did you find those vulgare the ones with a lot of yellow to them? I have standard vulgate ones with a lil yellow but I’ve been looking for ones with more yellow to them like yours in the video
Right outside my house in Texas - go collecting in different locations and you might get lucky.
I live in Michigan so I can’t get them from there, would there be anyway you could get like 10-12 of the more vibrant vulgare with more of the yellow in them for me and ship them to me I could send you money via PayPal or what nots.
This really peeked my interest may need to get some
Do a video on your tegu setup with the grow tent
It's on the list. Got a lot to work on in the meantime
thanks for making a ispod video
i put some in my dubia tub.. so far they are ok they like to chill on the cut up apples and stuff. Is it safe to keep doing this? There isnt any substrate on the floor of the tub, the dubia colony is 100 and only about 3 months old. The poop hasnt accumulated into a layer of dirt layer. i also put a few earwigs in there, but i havent seen them in a long time