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Terrestrial Isopods; :D
Topic Started: Mar 4 2011, 09:34 PM (2,420 Views)
Carnifex
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1 Longicaudatus
Came home from school today, and noticed theres a bunch of isopods around my yard so I scooped some up and put them in my critter keeper :P

they are currently feasting upon a banana peel.

anyone else ever keep some of these? Im not serious about keeping them as pets but I thought it would be fun for the time being :P

http://img6.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/83...600e1855f7d.jpg

*Edited by LGP*
Raising Triops. Sometimes the questions are hard and the answers are simple.
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littleshrimp
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I have but I released them after they had to many babys
they eat ANYTHING,but they are easy to culture if you give them a couple months to settle
And apparently by watching man vs wild they taste like shrimp
they are good to feed to reptiles and can even live along side them and clean (assuming they don't get eaten)
Read below to find out how to amuse an idiot.
Read above to find out how to amuse an idiot.
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triops master
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littleshrimp
Mar 4 2011, 04:38 PM
I have but I released them after they had to many babys
they eat ANYTHING,but they are easy to culture if you give them a couple months to settle
And apparently by watching man vs wild they taste like shrimp
they are good to feed to reptiles and can even live along side them and clean (assuming they don't get eaten)

+1
BTW: Some species/subspecies can live on beaches, so I have a few of those in with my hermit crab ^_^
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littleshrimp
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+1 tm
I never have seen them,but most likely because I don't usually look for them
but anyways heres an article for anyone who reads this
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cru...beachisopod.htm
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v369
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absolutly not
+1 rolly pollys rock!
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DLP
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@ littleshrimp
good article, thank you...

I keep a colony of Isopods around at all times for the fact I use them
As the cleanup crew along with spring-tails in all my moist
centipedes, scorpions, tarantula and Reptile enclosures because
they do an excellent job braking down Urate/feces in a moist environment...
* D E R E K *
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v369
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absolutly not
double plus one, the larger species good for salamander and small frog enclosuers too!
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bananaman
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Just feed them dead leaves and such....

They are so much fun!!
-bananaman

I'm a carnivorous plant fanatic!!!!
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Loch Ness
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I raised these for a time, very fun and interesting. You can breed different colors of them and such, I had a nice orange culture till I let them all free. It can be fun, and also very educational. Here's a link to some of the color morphs people have tried to breed: Colorful Isopod Photos, and here's an article that gives some in-depth detail on care and raising: Isopod Care. If you want to try to identify some of your local species, this is a good thread: Identification.

I don't know if I'm allowed to link to other forums or not, I read the rules and didn't notice anything regarding that. If the links aren't allowed, just ask and I'll edit the post. Thought it would be some good reading in case someone really wanted to take off on this.
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LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
You can link to anything that's not illegal or adults-only. :)

I'm going to edit the OP so that there's just a link rather than an image. The image is taking up more space than my screen can show. Sorry, Carnifex!
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

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Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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