Selmartillery
Arachnopeon
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- Oct 12, 2019
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Hi everyone !
It is my first post here (Ive been reading a lot here though)
Im new to the hobby and my first sling G. Pulchripes is on the way !
Ive already set up my terra which is a nano exo terra wide.
I wanted to make it Bioactive but I have some questions lingering.
So I ordered springtails (a 500 ml box) and dwarf white tropical Isopods (no idea how much)
I will most likely culture them to have some back up CUC just in case they run out.
What I understood is that my T might eat my Isopods as she is only 3/4 of an inch. Which I dont mind they are supposed to make good feeders. That being said I will most likely cut in half the portion, seed one half and cultivate the other half.
For cultivating Isopods :
1) Can I maintain them in a mix of plantation soil (exo terra) and sphagnum moss ? With some leaves ?
2) What should I give them to eat ? Do dry cat food works like for red runners ? (I wouldnt think so though)
3) at which temperature do they thrive ? I am going to store them under my kitchen skin in a small tupperware. I chose this spot because it is a warm spot and usually humid but not too much as I never had mold problems.
4) at what lenght my T will begin to just ognore them ?
For the springtails I will basically do the same, cut in half the portion Ill get, seed one half and cultivate the other.
5) how to seed a population of springtails in a already set up tank ? And around how many of those will it be optimal seeding given the size of the tank and the amount of substrate ?
6) Can they dig through plantation soil (which I pressed a bit, it seems really compact) to reach every corner of the tank ? I didnt mix it with moss, I put moss on the top of it and leaves. If I need to re-do the whole setup I would rather know It now before the sling arrives.
7) for them not to die off quickly should I add some food in the terra like rice ?
8) How long will they take to colonise the whole tank and how long will they take to build up a self sustained colony ?
8) for cultivating Ive seen that they tend to be kept in charcoal and water. I have extra soil an moss I was considering housing them in it with proper moisture. Would it do ?
9) how much food, and types of food in the hole will be optimal for both species to thrive in the terra ?
Here is the link to the setup I made :
Terra G. Pulchripes https://imgur.com/gallery/A8hBoRi
Here is a list of the items put in (all sanitized properly even double sanitized for the ones I bought in reptile shops -u never know-)
Substrate : plantation soil exo terra and amazonas moss (not sanitized by me though)
Items : two small pieces of cork bark, leaf litter (back yard ones), nano mangrove root, slate pebbles (very light), 3 heavy pebbles which I secured on the cork bark for preventing falls or collapsing in the burrows, small but sturdy branch.
There u go.
Some of u will say that the terra is really huge for a 3/4 sling. Here is not where lays the debate. I have plenty of free time to track the lil creeper inside and whatnot.
Thanks in advance for ur precious help
It is my first post here (Ive been reading a lot here though)
Im new to the hobby and my first sling G. Pulchripes is on the way !
Ive already set up my terra which is a nano exo terra wide.
I wanted to make it Bioactive but I have some questions lingering.
So I ordered springtails (a 500 ml box) and dwarf white tropical Isopods (no idea how much)
I will most likely culture them to have some back up CUC just in case they run out.
What I understood is that my T might eat my Isopods as she is only 3/4 of an inch. Which I dont mind they are supposed to make good feeders. That being said I will most likely cut in half the portion, seed one half and cultivate the other half.
For cultivating Isopods :
1) Can I maintain them in a mix of plantation soil (exo terra) and sphagnum moss ? With some leaves ?
2) What should I give them to eat ? Do dry cat food works like for red runners ? (I wouldnt think so though)
3) at which temperature do they thrive ? I am going to store them under my kitchen skin in a small tupperware. I chose this spot because it is a warm spot and usually humid but not too much as I never had mold problems.
4) at what lenght my T will begin to just ognore them ?
For the springtails I will basically do the same, cut in half the portion Ill get, seed one half and cultivate the other.
5) how to seed a population of springtails in a already set up tank ? And around how many of those will it be optimal seeding given the size of the tank and the amount of substrate ?
6) Can they dig through plantation soil (which I pressed a bit, it seems really compact) to reach every corner of the tank ? I didnt mix it with moss, I put moss on the top of it and leaves. If I need to re-do the whole setup I would rather know It now before the sling arrives.
7) for them not to die off quickly should I add some food in the terra like rice ?
8) How long will they take to colonise the whole tank and how long will they take to build up a self sustained colony ?
8) for cultivating Ive seen that they tend to be kept in charcoal and water. I have extra soil an moss I was considering housing them in it with proper moisture. Would it do ?
9) how much food, and types of food in the hole will be optimal for both species to thrive in the terra ?
Here is the link to the setup I made :
Terra G. Pulchripes https://imgur.com/gallery/A8hBoRi
Here is a list of the items put in (all sanitized properly even double sanitized for the ones I bought in reptile shops -u never know-)
Substrate : plantation soil exo terra and amazonas moss (not sanitized by me though)
Items : two small pieces of cork bark, leaf litter (back yard ones), nano mangrove root, slate pebbles (very light), 3 heavy pebbles which I secured on the cork bark for preventing falls or collapsing in the burrows, small but sturdy branch.
There u go.
Some of u will say that the terra is really huge for a 3/4 sling. Here is not where lays the debate. I have plenty of free time to track the lil creeper inside and whatnot.
Thanks in advance for ur precious help