Porcellio laevis ‘Dairy Cow’ feeding—amazing isopods!

[Aquarimax]

Hi all,
I got a small starter colony of Porcellio laevis ‘Dairy Cow’ isopods a few months ago. They have become one of my favorite species for several reasons:
1. They are very prolific
2. They are very active, even in daylight
3. They grow quickly
4. They get fairly large (considerably larger than P. scaberj
5. They have a glossy texture to the carapace
6. Their patterning tends to be much more well distributed and cleaner than many P. scaber ‘Dalmatian’.

I recently made a feeding video of my new colony. What do you think? I just got a colony of P. laevis ‘Orange’ a few weeks ago, and they have already produced quite a few offspring too!

 

[Ollie Smith]

I started with 10 of these around 18 months ago, now I have at least 500. I have 100s of orange to. I love my isopod colonies

 

[davehuth]

Helpful, well made videos as always, Rus. I REALLY liked seeing the side by side comparisons of popular orange species. Great idea.

 

[velvetundergrowth]

Great video! I'l definitely be getting some of these.

 

[Aquarimax]

I started with 10 of these around 18 months ago, now I have at least 500. I have 100s of orange to. I love my isopod colonies

They are so prolific, they’re awesome!

 

[Aquarimax]

Helpful, well made videos as always, Rus. I REALLY liked seeing the side by side comparisons of popular orange species. Great idea.

Thanks @davehuth! I appreciate the support. Glad you liked the comparisons...I realized that I really wanted to see a comparison like that, I figured others would, too!

 

[Aquarimax]

Great video! I'l definitely be getting some of these.

Thank you! You’ll enjoy them...they have got to be one of the best isopod species in the hobby.

 

[Galapoheros]

Wow, great info. The few sps. I have are go getters too when it comes to food. They pick up on the scent and run for the corner when I put fish food in there. They are living with 100s of Arenivaga roaches. I could get into isopods more after watching your vids.

 

[Aquarimax]

Wow, great info. The few sps. I have are go getters too when it comes to food. They pick up on the scent and run for the corner when I put fish food in there. They are living with 100s of Arenivaga roaches. I could get into isopods more after watching your vids.

Which isopod species do you have?

 

[StampFan]

Hi all,
I got a small starter colony of Porcellio laevis ‘Dairy Cow’ isopods a few months ago. They have become one of my favorite species for several reasons:
1. They are very prolific
2. They are very active, even in daylight
3. They grow quickly
4. They get fairly large (considerably larger than P. scaberj
5. They have a glossy texture to the carapace
6. Their patterning tends to be much more well distributed and cleaner than many P. scaber ‘Dalmatian’.

I recently made a feeding video of my new colony. What do you think? I just got a colony of P. laevis ‘Orange’ a few weeks ago, and they have already produced quite a few offspring too!

Love all your videos man, keep up the good work with the isopods.

Any suggestions as to why the Spanish Porcellio larger species are difficult to breed? I've seen a few threads lately of people with large, feeding species (mine are sp. Seville) that just don't seem to be having babies, even after witnessing mating behaviours. All of my other isopods are breeding like rabbits, but not those. Any thoughts?

 

[Aquarimax]

Love all your videos man, keep up the good work with the isopods.

Any suggestions as to why the Spanish Porcellio larger species are difficult to breed? I've seen a few threads lately of people with large, feeding species (mine are sp. Seville) that just don't seem to be having babies, even after witnessing mating behaviours. All of my other isopods are breeding like rabbits, but not those. Any thoughts?

Thank you, I am very glad you enjoy my channel!
So far, the only giant Spanish Porcellio species I have much experience with is P. hoffmannseggi, but it did take several months for them to start producing, and they were mature when I got them. They are definitely less prolific than some of their smaller cousins. How long have you had your P. so. ‘Seville’?
What are your temps, humidity, and ventilation like?
They seem to like some foods a lot better than others, and that may okay a role. What do you find yours like? Unlike almost all of my other isopods, they are a little picky about food.

 

[Ollie Smith]

I breed feeder roaches,Mario worms and

Thank you, I am very glad you enjoy my channel!
So far, the only giant Spanish Porcellio species I have much experience with is P. hoffmannseggi, but it did take several months for them to start producing, and they were mature when I got them. They are definitely less prolific than some of their smaller cousins. How long have you had your P. so. ‘Seville’?
What are your temps, humidity, and ventilation like?
They seem to like some foods a lot better than others, and that may okay a role. What do you find yours like? Unlike almost all of my other isopods, they are a little picky about food.

I have a colony of 'Seville', mine breed very well. I keep mine quite dry with a slightly deep corner. They love courgettes (zucchini)

 

[Polenth]

They were my first woodlice! Though all my originals were fairly evenly spotted, I do have a few in the colony now with more darker bits and no darker bits (so a pure white).

 

[Galapoheros]

Which isopod species do you have?

I only have the local A. vulgare and dwarf isopods I got from Orin. I don't know the sps. name for those.