voodoochild
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Any ideas on tropical inverts that are herbivorous or would only eat extremely small prey like fruit flies and could possibly co-exist with other animals?
communal inverts
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Might be hard to keep inverts with other animals, but here are a few ideas for communal inverts. These are just some you could keep a few of in a tank.
Millipedes & Hissing roaches (kept these together for years with no problems. Millis probably shouldn't live with an animal though because of their poison)
Stick Insects (all US species can live in the same cage. They stay on branches and near the top of the cage so wouldn't bother a bottom dwelling animal too much)
Grasshoppers (most kinds can live together unless they are predatory)
Giant Tailless whipscorpions
Beetles
All of these are pretty peaceful. Most animals like to snack on bugs though. What were you thinking of putting in the tank with them? Maybe if the invert was too big for the animal to eat it might work. Like some giant beetles and little dart frogs.
Millipedes & Hissing roaches (kept these together for years with no problems. Millis probably shouldn't live with an animal though because of their poison)
Stick Insects (all US species can live in the same cage. They stay on branches and near the top of the cage so wouldn't bother a bottom dwelling animal too much)
Grasshoppers (most kinds can live together unless they are predatory)
Giant Tailless whipscorpions
Beetles
All of these are pretty peaceful. Most animals like to snack on bugs though. What were you thinking of putting in the tank with them? Maybe if the invert was too big for the animal to eat it might work. Like some giant beetles and little dart frogs.
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voodoochild
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I was wanting to put them in my bastimentos pumilio tank (36x18x30'' tall). Millipedes are poisenous? I thought only centipedes were poisenous couse they ate other bugs and millipedes ate plants and were harmless. Do I have it backwards or are both poisenous? I was going to use small millipedes i figured they would help clean up dead leaves. Stick bugs are a great idea!
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Some people keep crested geckos with agbs.
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Sorry for the dumb question: what's agbs??
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Archispirostreptus gigas, African Giant Black Millipedes maybe?
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YUP.......
millipedes can secrete toxins (in a way, similar to your frogs...sort of). Centipedes will eat your frog... i would say if anything perhaps sow bugs for cleaing and stick/leaf bugs for decor. the problem is will you have enough supply of food for the bugs? some are picky, some are not. but if blackberry is your only steady food source i would rethink them.