Just found this channel while looking for tips on keeping a backup colony for my bioactive gecko enclosures. But I swear this is the Bob Ross of animal keeping! It’s helped so much!
We’ll see…my experience so far has been that really well-ventilated enclosures have fewer issues with fungus gnats…but I also keep fungus-gnat eating rove beetles.
This is EPIC!!! An entire vivarium set in a box! You should put a species with a sort of tiger or striped pattern that would blend in. I would mention one but I got the names scrambled…
It's beautiful but a little small and if I'm going to have plastic it's going to be a huge tub. Maybe for a display but for the price I can get a 10 gallon glass aquarium
I think one of your isopods escaped. (look at the top flap of the box) at 1:48 , and one of your springtails escaped. Not sure you can see it that well, but it at the bottom right at 13:47, you have to wait for the video menu to settle to see it.
Right now I have my P. ornatus "Southern yellow-dot"s in a converted betta tank but, this might just be a suitable replacement given their love of high ventilation and wandering space
I have an enclosure that looks exactly like this. It came from Amazon like 6 months ago. It seems to have too much ventilation and I have a hard time keeping it humid enough, even for my clowns.
Hi Kimberley, did you make the substrate and hydration station deep enough? You can also add live moss to help with that (unless you were doing Armadillidium species of course :)) We have several setup with Cubaris, admittedly with plants/moss/caves to create a more tropical environment. Another thing you can check is how much direct airflow is in the enclosures path. Of course you can always get another one and stack them if you still feel there's too much evaporation. ;) Good luck!
@@jwn741 duct tape is very dangerous for inverts, i mistakenly used it for that purpose and lost over 20 clowns to it. instead, a good option is to thinly coat the mesh in hot glue because it will harden and fill in the gaps in the mesh and wont be sticky afterwards
@@Aquarimax For this enclosure I generally need to water it every 2-3 days rather than weekly like my other enclosures. I do like it though and honestly never noticed the "hydration hole" until this video, so thanks!
I was planning on getting some dairy cows and white dwarfs for a couple crested geckos im going to get. Any tips for making sure i set up the bioactive enclosures properly?
I think it would work well for until they multiplied enough that you would need to rehouse them. Some people have great success with Panda Kings without limestone chunks.
I have a question that i cant seem to find an answer too. If i setup my enclosures in this fashion where the moist sphagnum moss sits in one corner and the in the other 75 percent of the space... does the substrate need to moist to some degree? wet on bottom, dry on top? or can it just be and only wet the sphagnum moss?
Well, the substrate immediately adjacent to the moss is likely to be a little more damp than the rest of the substrate. The answer to this question, though, is not a simple yes or no. It partly depends on the ventilation, ambient humidity, etc. Many, but not all, isopods species do well if the mossy area is moist and the rest is fairly dry.
@@Aquarimax i appreciate the response, currently keeping powder orange in this fashion demonstrated in the video. I have shiros and magic potions usa incoming. I bought the condo version of the microvarium.
Okay I'm super confused right now. So I look up Micrograzer for the soil mixture, and it says that it contains fir bark, pine bark, and orchid bark. Pine bark. People on facebook group told me to never use pine bark because it's toxic for isopods, almost every people there convinced me that it can kill my isopod if I ever use it as soil mixture or even just for hiding spot/ decor. So which one is correct?
Good question. This may help with your confusion. The website says “Coniferous saps are known to be harmful to isopods and other detrivores, so Micrograzer Foundation contains no coniferous tree substances, such as those known as fir bark, pine bark, and orchid bark.” From microvarium.com/shop/hardscape/substrate/micrograzer-foundation/ I have used the substrate for months (in the smaller isopod lodge) and there are isopod thriving and breeding on it.
@@newburger No worries, also worth nothing is that we don't add any 'filler' like coco coir that serves no purpose to isopods but is sometimes used to make the substrate cheaper to produce.
Just found this channel while looking for tips on keeping a backup colony for my bioactive gecko enclosures. But I swear this is the Bob Ross of animal keeping! It’s helped so much!
That is the perfect way to describe him!
I definitely ordered from him cause I love his videos so much haha
That enclosure seems like it would work extremely well for a smaller ground dwelling arachnid too.
Definitely! A pretty versatile setup.
Oh no, that hydration port convinced me.
peraccae! very cool looking guys that prefer a more arid environment iirc :)
Omg they are so cute!
Fungus gnats are gonna love this enclosure
We’ll see…my experience so far has been that really well-ventilated enclosures have fewer issues with fungus gnats…but I also keep fungus-gnat eating rove beetles.
Too many freebies what a nice unboxing video 👍👍👍
That isopod mansion is awesome
My backyard is full of raspberry bushes, I need to start collecting raspberry leaves for winter. Cool enclosure,
Something colorful! The enclosure is very nice!
This is EPIC!!! An entire vivarium set in a box!
You should put a species with a sort of tiger or striped pattern that would blend in. I would mention one but I got the names scrambled…
It's beautiful but a little small and if I'm going to have plastic it's going to be a huge tub. Maybe for a display but for the price I can get a 10 gallon glass aquarium
That is a beautiful isopods collection 🏡🏡
Thanks Crystal!
Awesome keychains and pin!
Awesome enclosure for a display isopod this would be nice in a wider size for more room horizontally ❤
I think one of your isopods escaped. (look at the top flap of the box) at 1:48 , and one of your springtails escaped. Not sure you can see it that well, but it at the bottom right at 13:47, you have to wait for the video menu to settle to see it.
Excellent Unboxing lots of nice stuff!
Thanks Frank!
@@microvarium You’re Awesome!
Right now I have my P. ornatus "Southern yellow-dot"s in a converted betta tank but, this might just be a suitable replacement given their love of high ventilation and wandering space
Porcellio scaber orange koi would be cool in there!!
Agreed, one of our favorites! Pied Porcellio magnificus would also be spectacular :)
@@microvarium so true!
Yes they would!
Love the shirt!
Nice. I guess this would be good for canyon isopods.
I think either one of the P. ornatus morphs or P. dilatatus morphs would look good in there.
i think you should put porcellio werneri in there because they're such a unique species and would look awesome in a display enclosure
Awesome species, excellent suggestion!
@@Aquarimax thank you! I just got some today and they are one of the most stellar species I've kept
I have an enclosure that looks exactly like this. It came from Amazon like 6 months ago. It seems to have too much ventilation and I have a hard time keeping it humid enough, even for my clowns.
Hi Kimberley, did you make the substrate and hydration station deep enough? You can also add live moss to help with that (unless you were doing Armadillidium species of course :)) We have several setup with Cubaris, admittedly with plants/moss/caves to create a more tropical environment. Another thing you can check is how much direct airflow is in the enclosures path. Of course you can always get another one and stack them if you still feel there's too much evaporation. ;) Good luck!
use your favorite color duct tape to lessen it.
@@jwn741 duct tape is very dangerous for inverts, i mistakenly used it for that purpose and lost over 20 clowns to it. instead, a good option is to thinly coat the mesh in hot glue because it will harden and fill in the gaps in the mesh and wont be sticky afterwards
Higher ventilation does definitely necessitate more attention to maintaining humidity!
@@Aquarimax For this enclosure I generally need to water it every 2-3 days rather than weekly like my other enclosures. I do like it though and honestly never noticed the "hydration hole" until this video, so thanks!
I was planning on getting some dairy cows and white dwarfs for a couple crested geckos im going to get. Any tips for making sure i set up the bioactive enclosures properly?
Make sure to get a good layer of leaf litter in them, and lots of hides.
Omg I 😍 😲
Wondering if you have any isopods from Australia? And have you ever done a video on them? Thanks from Sth Australia 🇦🇺
Do u feel this kit would work for panda kings? I assume I'd have to add lime stone.
I think it would work well for until they multiplied enough that you would need to rehouse them. Some people have great success with Panda Kings without limestone chunks.
Sucks that these things are so hard to get in canada
Wouldn't the extra ventilation be easier for fruit fungus flies to get in? How could I prevent that?
fine mesh adhesive
I think u should put magic potion isopod cause they are too pretty
I have a question that i cant seem to find an answer too. If i setup my enclosures in this fashion where the moist sphagnum moss sits in one corner and the in the other 75 percent of the space... does the substrate need to moist to some degree? wet on bottom, dry on top? or can it just be and only wet the sphagnum moss?
Well, the substrate immediately adjacent to the moss is likely to be a little more damp than the rest of the substrate.
The answer to this question, though, is not a simple yes or no. It partly depends on the ventilation, ambient humidity, etc. Many, but not all, isopods species do well if the mossy area is moist and the rest is fairly dry.
@@Aquarimax i appreciate the response, currently keeping powder orange in this fashion demonstrated in the video. I have shiros and magic potions usa incoming. I bought the condo version of the microvarium.
Okay I'm super confused right now.
So I look up Micrograzer for the soil mixture, and it says that it contains fir bark, pine bark, and orchid bark.
Pine bark. People on facebook group told me to never use pine bark because it's toxic for isopods, almost every people there convinced me that it can kill my isopod if I ever use it as soil mixture or even just for hiding spot/ decor.
So which one is correct?
Good question. This may help with your confusion. The website says “Coniferous saps are known to be harmful to isopods and other detrivores, so Micrograzer Foundation contains no coniferous tree substances, such as those known as fir bark, pine bark, and orchid bark.”
From microvarium.com/shop/hardscape/substrate/micrograzer-foundation/
I have used the substrate for months (in the smaller isopod lodge) and there are isopod thriving and breeding on it.
@@Aquarimax oh I just misread. Shame on me. Thank you 👍
@@newburger No worries, also worth nothing is that we don't add any 'filler' like coco coir that serves no purpose to isopods but is sometimes used to make the substrate cheaper to produce.
Put armadillidium kluggi montenegro 🤡🤡 in there 😂
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