Isopods

[Herp13]

Does anyone have them? Are they cool, do they breed well(and fast? Could you post some pics? And are they a healthy diet? Thnx

 

[Bayushi]

i use isopods in my tropical tanks as clean up crews. they seem to breed well. As far as them being healthy diet, i wouldn't know cus they get ignored by my scorps.

 

[Kevin_Davies]

I keep tropical white isopods (Trichorhina tomentosa) as well as native woodlice (several species) the native species I use as clean up animals in my centipede and assassin bug tanks, they are ignored by the centipedes and assassin's, and breed very well in they're tanks, the T.tormentosa I keep in a small tub, which I keep very humid, with a substrate of oak and beech mulch, leaves and rotting wood.

Trichorhina tomentosa

 

[OldHag]

I have all different kinds. They do breed well.. I guess they're pretty cool. And I dont think anything eats them voluntarily but those Red Spiders (Dysdera crocata)

 

[Herp13]

Where do those orange isopods come from? Oh, and how big sre those tropical dwarf isopods? They look TINY! Are the orange isopods tropical, are there any other species besides the lil white isopods that are tropical?

 

[Kevin_Davies]

Where do those orange isopods come from? Oh, and how big sre those tropical dwarf isopods? They look TINY! Are the orange isopods tropical, are there any other species besides the lil white isopods that are tropical?

I think the orange ones come from Spain? ive seen them sold as Spanish orange isopods before, but they may also come from other countries im not sure? ive found "orange-ish" woodlice near me.

Im not sure if the orange ones are tropical, there are probably other tropical species, I havent seen any for sale though, the white woodlice are tiny, about 5mm.

 

[Herp13]

Oh, maybe i'll just get the tropical ones, just to keep them as cleaners and then again maybe i'll get a couple more species too, how big are the "orange ones"?

 

[zinto]

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/porcellio/pix/

 

[Ecilious]

I call them woodlice, when ever I hear them call isopods my broken mind imagines a tank full of little ipods crawling about eating leaves in a big tank.

Just thought you'd like to know that.

But yeah, woodlice breed easy if you put them in an old, empty and cleaned ice-cream tub. put some leaves and mushed up wood in the bottom and put some wet, crushed egg crate in there, put some pin holes in the lid. Put in the wood lice, put 'em somewhere warm and dark and keep 'em damp. Nature will do it's thing and you'll soon have a nice little colony going.

You probably know, but I'll tell you again anyway: woodlice are crustaceans and breath through gills, so they need moisture to breath. That's why they like the crushed damp egg crate.

 

[Herp13]

I red a bit about them, i think it's kinda cool how they breath through gills on land I'v only seen the regular gray ones in the wild and the huge aquatic ones that live right on the rocks on the coast line.