Ponerinecat
Arachnobaron
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Thank You! Ill definitely keep that in mind until I move them to a larger enclosure.ANY water on the sides of the tank will kill flat millipedes. They are super susceptible to this because they cannot lift their heads out of the water like round millipedes are able to, babies especially and smaller species. My polydesmus angustus reproduced and the offspring died 3 times before I figured out it was the sides, and seeing what species you have, it’s probably similar to my offspring which would explain the “melting” behavior that you’re seeing. If you have any water on the sides just wipe it off and keep spraying to the middle of the enclosure.
No problem! Your species is also known to rely on lichen, so a nice piece of wood with some lichen would probably really help them out. If you get any reproduction let me knowThank You! Ill definitely keep that in mind until I move them to a larger enclosure.
Ah dang, that sucks, wonder what happened... Was there a spike in temps or anything?Went and dug through the container, looks like another failure. Ill leave the substrate to sit in case I missed something, but pretty sure they're all dead. Not sure what went wrong. Perhaps next time will be better.
Good luck! I can’t wait to see how it goes.Found a very large group of adults aggregating under a deep set stone and many juveniles by themselves. Starting over again with this species, this time with objects from their native habitat only.
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