Double checking moisture requirements for P. scaber, Panda King, & A. gestroi

[antinous]

I’ve been binging YouTube videos and asking questions on here, as well as some other groups. But still want to double check the moisture requirements for these three species. Here’s my plan overall:

P. scaber ‘Lava’ - 3/4 of the enclosure moist
Panda King - 3/4 of the enclosure moist
A. gestroi - 1/3 moist

The way I usually moisten enclosures for my tarantulas, without pouring water directly on the sub is to use a food syringe and stick it into the bottom of the layers to moisten them (so it can slowly evaporate over time), would this be good practice to do in the isopod enclosures as well? I also have some squeeze bottles I use to moisten substrate, which I’ll be using on the moist side periodically.

And for water, is using distilled water okay? Or is that generally not good?

Does this sound good?

Thanks!

 

[Farouche]

A tip I use to water my enclosure is have moss such as sphagnum moss on one of the very end of the enclosure, not just on the surface; it's stuffed to the bottom and it acts as a sponge that will release the water. No need to stick a syringe to the bottom or watever. I water along the wall where the moss is (some species of isopods react really badly to being watered directly so don't spray water). The moss holds the water and releases it to the substrate without overfloading the enclosure, it also enables the moisture to reach the bottom and moisture evently on one side, and not just the surface area. That way the enclosure doesn't dry out too quickly.

For species that prefer it drier, just put less moss or just in one corner.

 

[Smotzer]

I moisten the moist side of enclosures by pouring water directly into the sphagnum moss which is kinda buried and mixed into the substrate on the moist side.

 

[antinous]

A tip I use to water my enclosure is have moss such as sphagnum moss on one of the very end of the enclosure, not just on the surface; it's stuffed to the bottom and it acts as a sponge that will release the water. No need to stick a syringe to the bottom or watever. I water along the wall where the moss is (some species of isopods react really badly to being watered directly so don't spray water). The moss holds the water and releases it to the substrate without overfloading the enclosure, it also enables the moisture to reach the bottom and moisture evently on one side, and not just the surface area. That way the enclosure doesn't dry out too quickly.

For species that prefer it drier, just put less moss or just in one corner.

I moisten the moist side of enclosures by pouring water directly into the sphagnum moss which is kinda buried and mixed into the substrate on the moist side.

Got it, thank you both!

Quick question, the substrate I have coming in specifically for isopods is going to be arriving on Tuesday, but the Cubaris sp. ‘Panda King’ are coming in today. Is it okay if I set them up like this (image below) with Reptisoil and then switch them over to their actual setup when the substrate comes in?