adult giant black millipede life expectancy?

[luther]

I spent 1/2 hour cleaning all the mites off it.

I've never seen one of these without a colony of mites living on it. They don't seem to have done any harm to mine over the years. I always felt that they turned the milli into a rather cute mobile village.

 

[wicked]

I am pretty happy with the new setup but I think I will have to raise the substrate, it settled alot (from 8" to about 6")
The millis gave it their stamp of approval, ten minutes after I put them in there the male hooked up with one of the females multiple times. The other night I walked by and the froggy little buggers were doing it ontop of the coconut.

I added a lot more oak leaves and a few extra little pieces of wood. In the past few days they have been doing a lot of digging and burrowing. I am not sure what to expect next. Are they going to molt, or just getting cozy?

 

[wicked]

Well I made the mistake of planting my bromliads directly in the tank and all the burrowing going on killed them (or I watered them to death, not sure). So I went plant shopping today and am in the process of renovating their tank. I also picked up another milli I believe its a female so I now have 4 fems and 1 male.
The two silk plants are still in there as back ground but the rest are live, in their pots, but partially buried in the peat.


What do you think? Better?

 

[NrthCstInverts]

Nice looking tank, DEFINATELY better then what you originally had them in. They really look like they should be at home in there.... nicely done!

 

[Vys]

I think it looks about the same; very pretty that is.
That list over toxic plants however..toxic to everyone and everything? Title says amphibians and lizards and the like; will it be relevant for millipedes too?