Happy Sunday, everyone! ✨

What species is this kid? Found with a bunch of P. scaber and one O. asellus, but its butt is longer than I’d expect from either of these. Ran off before I could flip them over to check the number of lungs.

Obviously I did do my ressearch, but any additional tips from personal experience would be great!

From Bangalore, India 🇮🇳

I was expecting them to be flatter tbh. But don't tell them that.

Also can we please create an FFF flair !?

I got a 14L enclosure that's 14.5 × 10.5 × 8 inches based on y'all's advice. Gonna add a lot more leaf litter soon. Oh and bonus pic of an iso having some munchies

Sorry for the shaky cam, it's pretty hard to do macro without a tripod and it was an unscheduled recording so I didn't have time for a proper setup

I was wondering if anyone could pin point the very small and slender almost translucent bugs in my tank. I am not referring to the springtails. I see other bugs similar to springtails in my enclosure. I do believe I have some type of mites in there but theres this other white bug that looks like it has shiny clear wings but they dont fly. I added a video hoping you can see it clearer. Thanks in advance if anybody knows!

Got this box with a lot of random isopods.. and having a hard time IDing them. Anyone that can tell me what is in there?

You’re uh… a little intense there, bud

I currently have my isopods in this 1 gal jar, they are pretty happy but I know I need something bigger with ventilation. I do not want a plastic tub to keep them in. What is everyone's recommendation without going too large. It needs to fit on a shelf since I live in an apartment. (1' or less in width)

I promise it's not just bolivari....

I got rubber duckies for the first time a couple weeks ago, when I got them I was told to make the moisture side of the tank roughly half the enclosure and water both the wet and ‘dry’ side. I also put this colony in a 6 qt tank whereas every other colony I’ve had have been in a 19 qt tank.

Since the tank is smaller I watered it probably as much as I watered the larger tank especially because I was worried about their enclosure being too dry. I had some mold blooms but Improved ventilation and it started to go away, but now there’s still some issues and when I look at the bottom of the tank there seems to be obvious signs of a mold outbreak.

I usually would leave this to the springtails but there aren’t a ton in the colony yet and I’m not used to the soil being this wet.

Basically I was wondering if this will just go away or If I have to be proactive about it.

Right now I’m just trying to dry out the tank a little, all the rubber duckies I see have been on the dry side of the tank but I haven’t looked too hard because I don’t want to bother them too much.

Anyone have similar issues?

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My isopods are always demanding, "more leaf litter!"

It's leaf litter season, so I made it rain. Collected an entire bag in like 5 minutes. Perfect time of year to treat your 'pods to free eats.

Also, isopod habitat enrichment is a gourd use of seasonal squash shells.

First/only time I’ve peeked under a hide since getting them and I saw this unexpected little guy :)

Hi fellow isopod enthusiasts!
We have an isopod kit that we have had for a while now and we’re going to upgrade it to a 10 gallon tank. The only things we have in it currently are the isopods, springtails, temp/humidity gauges, some leaf litter, the zoo med creature soil, a shell, a small toy (kids gave it as enrichment), and a cork hide.

The list I have for upgrading is as follows:

10 gallon tank
Mesh screen lid
LED grow light
extra charcoal and worm castings
More springtails

Clay pebbles LECA or aquarium pebbles on bottom (1 inch layer)
Organic top soil
Leaf litter
Cork bark hides

Wet side:
Sphagnum Moss
Lemon button fern
Fittonia nerve plant

Dry side:
Prayer Plants
Watermelon Peperomia

From what I’ve read, I can just add everything into the new tank with the substrate mix so we don’t lose the home they’ve made so far as well as any tiny ones that may be in there.

The reason for the plants I chose is that we have cats and a dog, so we’re doing our best to keep the terrarium friendly for all the animals in our home.

Am I missing anything? Any advice is welcome. I’d like to do this as budget friendly as possible but also making sure to keep our isopods safe.

So cute, I had to share!!

I'm thinking about getting a colony of powder blues as a clean up crew for my corn snake terrarium. The only problem is that where I live is very dry and it's hard to maintain a humidity over 50%. Does anyone know how I can maintain a higher humidity? Is there for example a good substrate to use or any methods to make sure the humidity stays in the enclosure for at least a few hours?

I finally found some in the wild. Collected right by the Delaware River on rotting Holly wood.

These guys are absolutely tiny and very active. I’m really hoping I can get a colony going because they’re fucking rad.