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My shipment from Bugsincyberspace came yesterday and everyone is comfortably settled in. I got two sexed pairs of Chicobolus spinigerus and a male Dendrostreptus macracanthus.
I've got a 18 x 18 x 18 tank for these guys, but I had issues when trying to buy the plants and substrate. I just placed an order at Josh's Frogs for the stuff, but in the meantime they're in a lavishly decorated plastic tub full of leaves and cork.
Here's one of the female Florida ivories (I call her Fatty):
And my handsome pinkleg (my friend named him Nizzle Pizzle):
He's been alternating between chilling under a piece of cork for a few hours at a time and crawling around energetically (for a millipede, anyway), ESPECIALLY on the underside of the mesh lid. I assume this is normal for an active, arboreal species? I get the feeling he wants more things to climb on, but all I can do is wait until my gear arrives so I can set up his big boy tank.
I absolutely adore D. macracanthus, and I really hope I can get some more (especially females), but they seem to be hard to get. I'd really love to breed them and help spread the species throughout the hobby. These guys are adorable and such fun to watch.
I haven't kept millipedes since I was a kid, and I'm a bit nervous, so if anyone has advice I'd be more than happy to hear it.
I've got a 18 x 18 x 18 tank for these guys, but I had issues when trying to buy the plants and substrate. I just placed an order at Josh's Frogs for the stuff, but in the meantime they're in a lavishly decorated plastic tub full of leaves and cork.
Here's one of the female Florida ivories (I call her Fatty):
And my handsome pinkleg (my friend named him Nizzle Pizzle):
He's been alternating between chilling under a piece of cork for a few hours at a time and crawling around energetically (for a millipede, anyway), ESPECIALLY on the underside of the mesh lid. I assume this is normal for an active, arboreal species? I get the feeling he wants more things to climb on, but all I can do is wait until my gear arrives so I can set up his big boy tank.
I absolutely adore D. macracanthus, and I really hope I can get some more (especially females), but they seem to be hard to get. I'd really love to breed them and help spread the species throughout the hobby. These guys are adorable and such fun to watch.
I haven't kept millipedes since I was a kid, and I'm a bit nervous, so if anyone has advice I'd be more than happy to hear it.