Feeding Isopods: Tips for Success!
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3 years later and this is very helpful! Thank you so much!
Here in Australia we have very strict quarantine restrictions, I don't think we can have all these fancy varieties, I can't find anyone who sells them. I'm trying to be happy with the grey ones I find under my plant pots.
Thank you for your video. I just had to rehouse my powder orange isopods. I started with 15 two months ago and I have at least 400 now. I was shocked, and happy.
Barb Helle They are fantastic breeders, aren’t they?
How so many? I've had mine for probably around 2 months and I've only seen babies up until a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm seeing quite a bit of babies, but I feel like it's been really slow. What temps/humidity, what do you feed?
Jake Hinds tell me a little about your setup, and your species. Humidity and temperature vary with species. I offer fish food pellets, bug burger, morning wood, Supreme Isopod chow, and various fruits and vegetables. That said, most species take a while to fully establish before they really take off.
@@Aquarimax Thanks for the reply! I was honestly replying to Barb, but you replying works out much much better. I have a mixed lotto of powder blue/powder orange. I just have a small critter keeper sized container, with some ABG soil, and some leaves on top. Then a piece of cork bark, which I'll be switching out with a piece of rotting oak or something. I keep one side more moist than the other, and I've been feeding Repashy morning wood. My springtails seem to like it more than my isos. They seem to devour mushrooms. Just don't seem to be booming like many say. Today I'm starting to keep them around 74, instead of 68-72. Maybe I'm just impatient lol
Jake Hinds you setup sounds appropriate. Slightly higher temps can boost reproduction. I would recommend offering some fish flakes or pellets too...the protein seems to boost productivity as well 👍
I found some old zoo med grassland tortoise food at the back of my fridge, tortoise never liked it but all my isopods go nuts over it. Powder Blues, zebras especially. Thought I'd share🐢🙂
I'd say fish flakes are plenty good, in addition to wood, foliage and occasionally a bit of fruit.
Andreas Klostermann I agree, as long as they have calcium, which some leaves, like oak, provide.
@@Aquarimax This is a little confusing, since some other info for isopod related websites I read, say not to feed fish flake.
Personally, I prefer fish food pellets rather than flakes, as they are less prone to mold. That is one of the reasons flakes are not usually suggested, but as long as the isopods finish it quickly , it is rarely an issue
This video was very helpful I'm getting species rubber ducky
Last time we talked was about a year ago... Before I started getting into artificial jungle aquarium pets. With your advice and videos which helped me more than anyone else did. More than Joshes frogs. More than dart frog queen. More than the bio dude.
I'm quite the bad ass at cultivating red runner roaches (And yes, the adult dart frogs LOVE to eat the smallest of the small red runner roaches), bean Beatles, spring tails, and dwarf white pill bugs. Great food variety! All thanks to you pretty much Man! I gotta give you a lot of credit! Most of it honestly. I'm not as good as you are at this stuff but it's working out quite well, despite me living in hot as heck san antonio texas. The ice packs lid idea I came up with really helps along with good misting : )
And fast forward to now I'm keeping 3 different species of dart frogs. One of which is breeding. Got 12 tadpoles right now. 5 of which look like they will be officially turning into little frogs within the week.
I gotta sell these guys soon lol. Don't have much time and space to keep so many of these guys myself. You rock! And thanks for all your help!!!
Soyborne. Born, made, and undone by the soy. I remember! You asked me about dart frogs and heat. I am so glad to have been helpful! 👍
Soyborne. Born, made, and undone by the soy. Idk why but God wanted me to tell you he loves you so much and its gonna be okay
Another wonderful video Rus. I learn something new EVERY time. And thank you so much for the mentions. You are too kind.
Supreme Gecko Thank you, Wally! I really appreciate it. I am curious what you learned this time, with all of your isopod experience. 👍
@@Aquarimax I thought I started out my comment thank you for the wonderful mentions you provided for the food (and just noticed I must have deleted it). But anyways, thank you! And, learning points for me- the 'active' yeast producing CO2. I think this may be my problem with my cultures. I thought I was using non-active and was wrong! Also, 'fermented pellets will have higher lactate acid' Did not know that.
Supreme Gecko You’re welcome, Wally! I think every isopod i fed with your formula has eaten it, some almost immediately, some more gradually, but they all seem to go after it. I hope more people try it out. Isn’t it interesting that there are so many types of yeast, all with different properties? Some time ago, I was reading about how people make ‘flake soil’ for beetle larvae, and it mentioned that one of the nutrients produced was lactic acid...which I find interesting, because I culture my own sauerkraut, a natural probiotic, and the bacteria in the cabbage produce lots of lactic acid. So I imagine that by providing fermenting wood for our isopods, we are providing probiotics as well, since the bacterial cultures should be alive and well when the isopods munch on the wood.
@@Aquarimax Thanks for the feedback Rus. Much appreciated.
Catch you next time Rus, always sucks when I miss a live stream
Slav Pepe this was kind of short notice, hope to see you next time 👍
Can you make a video of how to take care of rubber ducky isopods and how to set up their terrarium And the what to do and what not to do
So i have caught some pretty big wild isopods and i found it interesting that one culture devoured the snake skin i gave them and the others did but not so much. They were taken from the same area too. I did separate them between light coloration and darker coloration too. I hope it goes well great livestream!
Yariel Cruz I have had a similar observation. Some species really love snakeskin, others not so much. Thank you!
I can't believe we missed this live stream!! Thanks Rus, you answered all my questions about feeding new cultures.
MoultrieGeeks I would have loved to have had you in the stream, but I am glad I was able to address your questions 👍
Awesome video! I just started my first colony. Which is wild caught Porcellio Scaber(I've been told thats what they are) and I'm loving watching them and learning about them. I'm sure they wont be my only species
Amy Palladino Congratulations in starting in a fun hobby!!
Still keeping isopods fpur years later, though I am restarting after giving all mine away during a move! Should have kept a few from rach bin to restart, but I was not thinking!! Oh well, still find escapees in my houseplants, and have done just fine with some large porcellio and lava type species.
I learned so much in this live stream :)) THANKS !
My porcellio hoffmannseggi are extremely enthusiastic about eating boiled shrimp and crab!! I've caught them fighting over Wardley shrimp pellets (for bottom-feeder fish). That's usually my go-to snack for them. They love it
As far as fresh produce, they don't seem too into it. They like boiled sweet potatoes from the garden though!
CorrosiveGut I am going to try some shrimp, not just the shells but the shrimp. Probably shrimp pellets too 👍 Thanks!
I'm raising beetles that I got from Peter at BICS, and they eat flake soil. When the flake soil is spent (has a lot of frass), I dump it into my isopod containers, and they go crazy for it. They also went nuts when I gave them some spent mushroom grow medium (also sawdust based, but inoculated with liquid spores). My A. kluggi Montenegro colony has tripled in size in 4 months.
I use the isopod soil, when I change it, for fertilizing my bioactive enclosures.
Great way to get to most out of all those nutrients!
I just got some kinshi from Peter at www.bugsincyberspace.com as well! My beetles, isopods, and millipedes seem to like it a lot!
The sound you have on your channel is all buzzing like a 🐝
Trudie Risby i think you may be hearing my aquarium filters and pumps
Great video Rus and thank you for the mention!
Bugs In Cyberspace you are welcome! I like to steer people your way when I can 👍
Could you please make a playlist of all your Isopod videos? Thanks.
Fusion Developer here you go: ruclips.net/p/PL8dHtCTLVfFNV6AmHyso6EP4YViLOqm_k RUclips didn’t necessarily add the very old ones, but here are 29 of them. 😊👍
@@Aquarimax Awesome thanks. I'm still enjoying your videos. I watched your livestream today. Keep up the great work.
I just have a couple of questions before going into getting some dairy cows:
1. I know in a previous video you collected dried leaves from the ground, but do you do anything to sanitize them?
2. Where are you getting your corkwood, and do you typically sanitize that as well?
Shame I missed it!! What a colourful group of isopods!
Awesome! Thanks! 🙏 👏
Yvonne Rogers you are very welcome!!
Two of them started to fight over food lol 😂
Trudie Risby They will definitely do that, 🤣
Hello Rus and thank you for your videos and dedication! A quick question: vegetables like sweet potatoes or carrots are better fresh or boiled? Thank you so much!
Jaime Martínez-Larraz you are very welcome! I generally offer all veggies raw. 👍
@@Aquarimax Awesome, thanks!!
Hey, can you recommend some literature on isopods?
Your Videos are great to get an overview but I would love to have something where I can look up specific things.
Also, can you do something about different vivariums and recommendable isopods.
Leonhard Orin McMonigle wrote a book on Isopods. Search for Orin and iasopods on Amazon and it will show up.
I like your idea! I will try to do a video on that soon. 👍
I ❤ Isopods
I think those foods for turtles and crabs are better than fish food cus those contains more calcium and some vitamin d3 for isopods to maintain and molt better
Those foods can be great too, I agree! On the other hand, fish food pellets contain quite a bit of calcium, usually plenty for the isopods.
hello aquarimax! i feed my isopods some carrot and they love it! but after a few days, they won't eat anything i offer ... why?
I'm in the process of setting up a bioactive setup for my bearded dragon. I'm using terra Sahara substrate from Josh Halter. What isopods would you recommend I use for this type of setup. My local pet shop has a few varieties...I've seen purple, orange, and zebra. I live in PA, so I could forage for some wild vulgare? My plan is to setup a culture ahead of time to boost the population. I think he recommends dwarf purple and orange....but I havent seen any dwarf purple for sale. Also, I will add spring tails and possibly some superworms. Thank you.
Adam Ludwig Vulgare might work, but I would recommend Porcellionides pruinosus. They are small enough that they are less likely to be seen as a food source, they are great cleaners, they breed fast, they move pet fast, they like heat, and can tolerate dryness better than most isopods (though they still need a moist hide.)
Nutritional yeast and dried minnows is what I feed.
Both good isopod foods for sure!
Try the organic purple potatoes.
Pup314 good idea!
The thing which makes them purple is Anthocyanin and it is said to be really good for you (or probably Isopods as well)
AutumnSky Ah, yes, I believe that is an antioxidant. I need to try it!
What do you think of a pinch of blood meal and or bonemeal for calcium and minerals?
I think they would be likely to eat both, the bone meal is definitely higher in calcium.
Thx :) ur videos are asome. Im w8ing for more ^^.
White Thank you! More coming soon!
I make my own mixture for my crickets, mainly from the following ingredients: polenta (corn), rolled oats, soya meal, wheat bran, oat bran, dry green split peas, dry cat food, spirulina and nutritional yeast - I grind it to a fine meal for my crickets. Do you think it can be fine for the isopods as well? Or a similar mixture?
Can you feed them a chicken bone that still has some cooked meat on it? Will they eat meat? And will they eat the cartilage and bone?
Pup314 most species would probably eat it. Some, like Porcellio laevis, would probably devour it quite quickly. 👍
Last month I got some button mushrooms and they got moldy the day after I got them to use. So I gave them to my springtails whoa ate both the mold and the mushroom caps completely in two days. Would isopods like mushrooms to eat? (without the mold of course).
Pup314 Mine seem to like mushrooms a lot. 👍
What about cricket diet by flukers? or Rapashy "cricket dust"
For feeding a ISO colony
It’s very likely they would eat it 👍🏽
What about Turtle pellets
Very useful information, as always! Can I ask what your background is? Are you an entomologist? I realize isopods are actually crustaceans, but I don't know the word for people who specialize in them. :) Thanks!
Hmm, drying food and grinding it up, is a good idea, rather than storing in the fridge or frozen with freezer-burn.
Fusion Developer very convenient!
Do you mix the repashy into gel? I noticed it was powder that you were feeding those.
I generally use the powder. The isopods are perfectly willing to munch on it that way.
Hi, good vid, you say egg shells for calcium, could you not just use calcium powder?
Some do that. It seems to work.
wait dry mealworms and dead fish never knew isopods would eat that or the snake waste and shed skins.
Can someone give me a little help/advice? :) I am new to insects etc but wanted to start. Now i am a bit afraid that if i add springtails to the enclosure, they might escape through the "air holes". Is that possible? Can they climb up on glass/plastic?
Do Wu they can climb somewhat, but I don’t use air holes in my springtail enclosures. I also keep them
With my isopods, but they don’t survive in the dry environment in my house.
Would it be a bad idea to put zebra and clown isopods in the same enclosure to start up a colony?
Would they crossbred or would the zebra just produce zebra and clown only produce clowns?
gecko and skink waste works in an equally efficient manor?
So you feed your isopods a lot of different things. Do they need to be eating all those things to survive/live well? Can they survive on 2-3 different food items?
They are quite adaptable. Leaf litter plus one or two other items will be fine
@@Aquarimax Thanks!
Do mulberry leaves and bell peppers work good?
Does the sweet potato need to be cooked or served raw? Thank you
I usually serve it raw. 😊👍
good!
알약농장 Thank you!
I live in N Georgia. Is there any leaves that I do not need to feed my isopods?
Can you show the rubber duckies
Is it hard to care for cubaris rubber duckies
can i feed isopods orange?
I have offered very small amounts of orange (without the peel) once in a while. They seemed to like it.
I love my zebras but my clowns hold the number 1 spot for the time being.
Does it matter what kind of wood pellets you use? Pine? Also. Do you just soak them until they turn to dust and then sprinkle into their enclosure?
generally oak or alder. I soak them and then mix them into the subsrate.
What about snake skin?
Mine love the snake sheds, except for the belly scales.
what's the green isopod in the thumbnail?
Missa That is a wild-caught A. vulgare p, which was a founding member of a strain I am working on.
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May isopods eat sweet gum tree leaves
Decaying sweet gum leaves should work fine
Do you sterilize your dried leaves and if so how and where do you get your rotting wood and what do you do to make sure it’s parasite free
Elaine Hornshaw I sanitize my leaves at 200 F in the oven for 30 minutes. I treat the rotting wood in the same way. I sometimes collect branches of oak and maple n the mountains, and then heat them for an hour or two, but most of the wood I use is from
Soaked barbecue/meat smoker pellets. I soak them and mix them with my compost, then sterilize it all in the oven.
Do isopods eat dried blood worms and drift wood?
Bloodworms, yes, and some kinds of driftwood as well
@@Aquarimax thank you for the info. I will keep watching your vids. Have a great day.
what are rubber duckies
Jodene Stafford ruclips.net/video/49EPgLiolak/видео.html
The duck u play in Bath tub..
Will isopods/springtails eat dead dubia roaches?
They will eat dead insects...the question is whether you have enough isopods to handle the volume of roach carcasses you are dealing with.
Do I spray water on the entire enclosure, even the leaves?
Also, do I have to put leaves everywhere, or only certain areas?
Dairy Cow Wall :))
And os wood
my isopods rarely eat
help
EDIT: just found out they do eat
This video may help a lot: ruclips.net/video/n9vC8QytRtI/видео.html
Avocado?
That I have never tried...
Instead of spending all this money on food from the exotic pet trade how about getting inexpensive chick feed let's say Amazon Prime? I have dehydrated black soldier fly larvae mint for chickens is a fraction of the price of what the pet supply companies charge which in my opinion is a racket. Maybe this will be a good balanced inexpensive food for even dubia roaches.
Feed stores can be a great source of food for isopods for sure…from calcium and dried mealworms intended for chickens to the dried soldier fly larvae you mentioned.
@@Aquarimax I even got a large bag of crushed oyster shell and coral from Amazon meant for chickens that I use not only as a calcium and Trace mineral source for the critters but also as an extremely inexpensive houseplant fertilizer. Also all of my hides that I use are from me taking a hammer to Old clay pots hitting them in the right areas to make my own cave hides. I love it when I beat the sleazy underhanded greedy retail industry. Retail store owners tell me their prices are high because it's all the fault of the Breeders.
Do they eat banana?
My isopods eat raw shrimp paste and fishfood mixed together
Krejmer Magalona I bet they love that!
Wouldn't it be better if we use pellet food specifically made for shrimps instead of fish food? I mean those should be richer in calcium.
CRaXII1216 shrimp pellets are a great isopod food!
Why did someone who makes isopod food, feel they needed to use a dick joke? I mean, seriously.
Anyone got any idea on how to kill the little buggers please?
Can somone give me isopods please?