whats the easyest way to culture isopods

[somberloathing]

whats the easyest way to culture isopods

 

[moricollins]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=61233&highlight=pill+bugs
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=56696&highlight=pill+bugs
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=44387&highlight=pill+bugs

Enjoy

 

[OldHag]

Isnt mori mean??? Takes all the fun out of posting

Get some peat moss, make it moist, not wet, add some dead oak leaves throw in the isopods some dead rotton wood (feels light and spongy) Add a cucumber peice or carrot now and then. A few dead crickets, mice, worms about anything and WALAAA Instand isopod heaven!

I just put all that in a sweater box with a few holes in the lid and put them in a dark corner and leave em alone and they do the rest.

 

[Bigboy]

I honestly did it on accident. I just wanted to have something reminiscent of the undergrowth in the local woods. I had a tupperware container I put soil, dead wood, and leaves into. Added 10 or so isopods and that very quickly turned into several hundred. Just keep them damp is all. And the best part is, they clean up their own dead!

 

[Gesticulator]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=61233&highlight=pill+bugs
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=56696&highlight=pill+bugs
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=44387&highlight=pill+bugs

Enjoy

and yet no clue on how a city girl is supposed to find some rotten wood....;P

 

[moricollins]

go to central park..... or wherever there are trees.... sidewalks sometimes have trees right? try to find some place that has trees, i use just handfulls of dirt from the forests near me...

 

[Buspirone]

If you can get near a river or stream you will find rotten wood around or near it.

 

[Tony]

and yet no clue on how a city girl is supposed to find some rotten wood....;P

Mori missed his chance here : You SEARCH for the rotten wood or trees....;P

 

[OldHag]

and yet no clue on how a city girl is supposed to find some rotten wood....;P

WELL if you ask me nicely Ill send you some

 

[Gesticulator]

WELL if you ask me nicely Ill send you some

Here that Mori???;P
Thanks Michelle. PM sent.

 

[moricollins]

Here that Mori???;P
Thanks Michelle. PM sent.

Terri, next time I'm IN NYC I will go collect some for you, and probably collect you a bunch of isopods as well, ok?


:}
Mori

 

[Gesticulator]

Terri, next time I'm IN NYC I will go collect some for you, and probably collect you a bunch of isopods as well, ok?


:}
Mori

Promises... promises..

 

[moricollins]

Promises... promises..

When Have I EVER let you down, terri?

Mori

 

[ScorpZion]

i have had great succes in starting a population boom in my emps tank..... from the ones hag sent me i know have around 2000 in my 50 gallon tank and i never get nmites. i just make sure the tank is humid and they seem to like moss and the eco earth plus i dump a couple of dead crixs and roaches in there.

 

[nine livez]

can i bring some in frozen off a piece of wood. there all over my wood shed but its only march and they r still frozen. will they come back to life if i bring them inside. PM me if ya got the answer...

 

[Crono]

A good, environmentally friendly way would be to setup a vermicomposter!!!
My friend was doing a research project and had a few to give away. The one in my appart. has a few species of worms, with sowbugs and springtails, and something else I can't remember. Just toss spoiled fruit and vegetables in, with a little newspaper.
It's a complete ecosystem in there, with a year round source of isopods, and compost!!!
No escapes either, even though they are in Rubbermaid tubs with 1/4" ventilation holes drilled in the sides.
There were rarely any escapes when she had four of them in her living room, so they must be happy inside with food and moisture.
All the isopods you need!!!
(Damn, do I sound like a hippie. I need new friends )
(Actually, more like a hippie crossed with the announcer from The Price is Right )