Best Isopods for Arid Enclosures?

The Best Isopods for Arid Bioactive Enclosures? Isopods are some of the best pet invertebrates, but only some isopods are suited to arid bioactive enclosures for pet reptiles and invertebrates. In this video I talk about some of the best isopod species for bioactive vivariums.

Here is a link to the Biodude’s website, where you can find bioactive supplies of all kinds, including his Terra Sahara for arid setups.
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Here is a link to the Kathy Auto Magic Fungus gnat trap. It also works for other pest insects, such as fruit flies and mosquitoes!

Check out these LINKS to Isopod foods and supplies below. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

#ad When I feed my isopods Repashy Bug Burger, they love it:
Isopods will munch on dried River shrimp as well!

I own a copy of book on isopods by Orin McMonigle, a great source of isopod knowledge:

Isopod Substrate ingredients:

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[WolfieDawn]

List of isopods:
4:00 Giant Canyons, bury selves, active at night.
4:22 Powder Blue, small and fast, likes warmer temps, prolific, out during the day.
5:28 Wild type, Ukraine Pied, burrows. Moderately prolific.
5:47 Peach, White out, Pearl, prolific. Tolerates range of conditions. Can conglobate = roll into a ball.
6:20 Zebra pillbug. Can roll up.
6:26 Punta Cana. Can roll up.

[sienguo]

Woah, I’ve been trying figure out what isopod I should accommodate with my leopard gecko, and this vid comes just in time! Thank you so much for the info, I’ll be getting a batch of powder blues for him

[HardcoreSlot]

Yes! Exactly the info I needed. I want to set up my hognose bioactive. Look forward to seeing the tropical version of this video too!

[TRATR]

It's crazy you posted this when I got my dragon and was considering a bioactive years ago ended up holding off til he was older and I found this video again so thank you for posting it!

[thechickenwizard]

I'm looking into setting up an arid bioactive setup in a few months, and this video really helped. Thanks!

[Crystalspets]

I just love the information you bring to the table there is away so much to learn

[reneryan]

I was just wondering about this today. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[oun]

Thank you again. Just found your channel tonight, and as I scroll your knowledge is definitely helping in my research.

[logancarroll]

Terra Sahara works great for my beardie ! I love the Biodude🤘🏼 springtails thrive in my terrarium. Gonna try out some isopods.

[christieburt]

Thanks for another informative (and timely!) video! I always feel more confident in my choices when I can back up my research with info from your channel. :)

[frankdughtank]

I know many people that would find this video helpful

[HellyeahRook]

Oooh this is perfect! I am making an arid bioactive enclosure for my uromastyx! Thank you for this info. :)

[C.S.M.Hageroth]

Great video Rus. Beautiful presentation and great information. Thank you! 😊👍

[Stien_]

Ive also seen people use porcellio scaber Giant Orange isopods with success, as well as dwarf whites

[hal-c]

Just ordered some powder oranges for my kenyan sand boa bioactive vivarium I'm setting up. I've watched this video several times during the planning phase of the setup. So much good info!

[jordantucker]

Are there any more videos of different cleanup crews, such as spring-tails and maybe beetles? Would very much like to know more.

[headstanding_Penguin]

I just started mealworm breeding and was wondering wheter I could include some kind of cleaning crew into the setups

[IsabelleHalverson]

i have a lot of Taratulas and mostly have spring tails in their bioactives for mold but I would like to experiment with isopods with my adults and my arborial species. i have Powder blues so I think ill start there!

[nomadhomad]

I just use the regulat purple rollie pollies that pop up here in R9b and they seem to do fine. The beetles pick up the slack too

[alexeizankevich]

Hey Russ. I have a ball python bioactive setup that is usually pretty humid and I was wondering what do you think would be best for the pall python. I also have lots of wood in the vivarium which gets moldy at some times. I know it is long after this video was posted but would love to hear your thoughts