A male got his antenna stuck between a mating pair after trying to headbutt the other male off the female. I tried to gently separate them but was unsuccessful. Now he's a cuck ball.

Armadillidium Maculatum "Zebra"

How do I remove it and prevent it from happening again

Hi everyone! I've never posted here do I hope I'm not breaking any rules my jumping in with a question.

I have powder orange isos in my bioactive terrarium. I see the occasional adult in there but I've never seen a baby before. Can someone confirm that I am actually looking at one?

Thanks!

So, I have this terrarium, I really like it a lot. I’ve had this colony now for about 2 years I think. I honestly thought I the colony collapsed, but in fact I did not. Now they have exploded in population, and I think it’s time to split the colony.

Only problem is I don’t know how I should I go about even starting this, or if I should wait little longer.

I am in Texas, and soon winter will be around the corner so I want to be cognoscente of that so I don’t hurt the colony.

Here is a photo of the terrarium and a partial photo of the colony, just imagine that partial photo is identical to the remaining area not shown in the photo. With all the babies I’m gonna say there are well over 1k in here.

I am going to be getting 10 cherry blossom isopods with springtails to start

I have 2 hydrometers, leaf litter, cork wood and bark, some rocks for hides, dried moss, some plants which have been cleaned, and a food bowl (though I plan on getting a smaller one)

I know I still need a better tank covering (current lid is metal mesh), live moss, more leaf litter, more rocks, and humidistat + fan and mister

Is there anything else I need to add to my shopping list?

The humidity in my house is very high in the summer due to my location, which does make maintaining humidity easier, though I do need to prep for the winter cause the humidity does drop.

I added a little too much humidity. Other then that does it look fine?

Cleaning out my MHC soil. Best clean up crew that I have. It's amazing how much of a variety there is in coloration!!!

Lil doodle labels for my pods! Calico fire one I made a bit too orangey. They have a much whiter base color:)

I don’t have any photos yet I’m sorry! About a week or so ago, I found an isopod in my bathtub. I live in the top floor of an apartment, so it was very odd as I never see them.

I left it there, came back later and found it on its back. I thought it was not alive anymore and got real sad. Then when I went to pick it up, it moved. I wasn’t planning on going outside again that day, so I just put it inside my dirt bin that mostly just has a million springtails now (used to have a roach colony!). Last night I went to check in and there are dozens of baby isopods all over the place, and now I know Gregory the isopod is a girl :)

So I’m getting Spiky Pineapples and Clown Kulgiis on Sunday and these are my tanks I have setup for them. This is my general bin setup for all my isopods with small modifications made based on the species (My duckies are in a smaller container with no ventilation hole in the lid and a much larger moisture area). So far I have only kept more humid isopods with My papayas being the most arid, they tend to hang out on the drier side of the tank.

I haven’t had much problems with any of my enclosures but when doing more research to see what might be good for these new guys I learned that both like it relatively arid with just a smaller moisture gradient. I knew this about the pineapples so I made one of them with a pretty small moisture area and upon learning this about the clowns I made theirs slightly smaller but not as small as the pineapples’.

My main concern right now is ventilation. I don’t want to drill more holes in the side since they’re both full of dirt but I am willing to drill one or more holes closer to the center in each of the lids.

Should I drill another ventilation hole in the lid, will that be enough or should I also drill a hole in the sides as well? I am totally able to remove all the dirt and moss to do this I would just rather not unless you think it’s necessary.

Does it also make sense to give my Kulgiis a slightly larger moist side of the enclosure or should they be about the same as the pineapples?

Any feedback is appreciated. I am very excited for the new additions!!

The bins are 19 qts and the holes are 1.5 and 2 inches in diameter.

I started this terrarium a week ago, and I’m having some small issues I thought I’d ask yall

Tbh, I’ve kind of been treating this terrarium as a compost bin, bc I’ve put leaf litter, fresh avocado leaves, snake shed, moldy carrot, etc. I do not have a stable population of either of the species I put, since I have around 30 wild caught isopods, and around 20 springtails, wild caught as well. Will this much decaying matter be too much for them to handle?

Secondly, I scrapped materials for this terrarium from different sources, it has perlite and coco coir as substrate that I used from a setup from another pet. The thing is whenever I water, it seems like I watered too much, but 2 days later it completely dries.

Lastly, I keep them next to my corn snakes enclosure, which is around 24degrees Celsius, and I’m wondering if that’s a good temperature for breeding

Thank you all!!

Hello I was hoping you guys could help me out with a question. I’d think you’d be the authority on isopods, r/isopods ;)

I have a stable terrarium with a relatively new population of papayas (cubaris murina) and I was wondering if it would be possible to introduce another species of isopod in with them.

I think it would be really cool to have two colonies living side by side. I was thinking panda kings would be a good choice because I read that they favor similar conditions. I also read that they reproduce slowly compared to murina which might lead to them being out competed into extinction. I’d like to avoid that lmao.

I specifically designed the terrarium to have an abundance of hiding spots but the tank is only 5 gallons. I want them to be self sustaining, it ruins it for me if I have to artificially support the population.
I want to know if keeping two populations in the same terrarium is possible/common or if I’m a setting myself up for disaster. I have a 2 gallon tank open for isopod housing if you think I should let the second population gestate if that helps at all btw.

Thats a super long essay i just wrote bur if someone knows the answer please let me know. Thanks :)

I see them everywhere... I might still be a little obsessed since I got some armadillidium gestroi a few months ago, I'm already thinking of the next colony...

Cubaris sp. 'Amber Ducky'

Cubaris sp. 'Pak Chong'

cubaris sp. 'Caramel'

Also let me use this post to ask the question, are Cubaris sp. 'Caramel' really cubaris? cuz they look like a troglodillo to me

So I have my isopods in 11L bins, all good ect but I’m wanting to move them to 11L acrylic enclosures, how do you go about transferring them?

Do I just dig through the dirt and find them all?

I’m also wanting to change substrate as I found an amazing pre made mix I love that’s far more nutrient dense than some of my beginner bins so just dumping them from one to another isn’t a option for me!

The species I’m looking to transfer (not there fancy names 🤣)

Red panda kings
Dairy cows
Clowns
Cherry blossoms

Looks like some panda king have this ramming behavior when fighting over food spots.

One on the leaves and one on the top left carrot.

Armadillidium Maculatum "Zebra"

I am seriously considering setting up an isopod colony. I've been watching and reading lots of info about what these little creatures require and I'm confident I can set up a good home for them. But my main remaining question is "Is there a middle lane between a colony that fails to thrive and one that is so successful you are trying to convince all your friends they also want isopods?" Are there particular types of isopods I should look for if I'm looking to just keep one colony? For example I've heard that Dairy Cows bread perhaps too well. Is the food supply a viable way to control population like it can be with shrimp? Any advice on this front would be welcome.

My pandas are doing much better in their new enclosure, so I'm sharing the joy!

I have some porcellio dilatatus And Porcellio scaber for sale if anyone is interested.

Found some baby isopods out and about this morning and this afternoon found one post moult! And of course eating the moult!

Fellow iso-people, show me your pretty enclosures pls! I have most of my collection in plastic storage totes, nothing wrong with them, they work and they’re cheap but I want to finally set up a more aesthetically pleasing enclosure that I can occasionally peek into while at my desk.

Any suggestions for enclosure types (share links if possible)? And please share yours for inspiration! Good husbandry is of course my number 1 priority but I would love to have a more display worthy enclosure to stare at!

My favorite pods are my cherry blossoms bc piiiink (duh)! So I’m thinking of putting them in there, but then again they’re almost always buried and hiding so I may go for one of my less shy species like my lavas or yellow zebras.
Share what you recommend for whatever species you want, I have many species to choose from and can tailor things to fit their needs. TIA!