The Trichorhina tomentosa “Dwarf White” isopods are an awesome cleanup crews and can become very prolific. They help eat dead plant material in the tank as well as animal feces. This species requires a more humid environment to thrive. I keep them in all of my frog enclosures and add more to the tanks regularly as the frogs snack on them too! Great supplemental feeder. These guys will borrow into the soil and not just stay at the surface. Price is for one culture which contains at least 25 isopods, but usually has significantly more. This species is parthenogenic meaning they are all female and all reproduce!
Isopods will need an enclosure with a soil based substrate mixed with decaying wood, sphagnum moss, leaf litter and calcium chunks or eggshells. One side of the enclosure should stay pretty damp by placing about ¼ of the enclosure with sphagnum moss that you will need to mist regularly to help them regulate and breath. The other side should be drier to create the microclimates they want to live in.
They primarily eat decaying leaves and woot rot. I typically use magnolia, maple, and oak leaves but will use others as well. In addition I feed all my isopods Repashy Morning Wood supplement, fish flakes, freeze dried minnows, freeze dried peas, cuttlebone, oyster shell, veggies such as carrots and zucchini. A balanced and diverse diet is always helpful!
The Trichorhina tomentosa “Dwarf White” isopods are an awesome cleanup crews and can become very prolific. They help eat dead plant material in the tank as well as animal feces. This species requires a more humid environment to thrive. I keep them in all of my frog enclosures and add more to the tanks regularly as the frogs snack on them too! Great supplemental feeder. These guys will borrow into the soil and not just stay at the surface. Price is for one culture which contains at least 25 isopods, but usually has significantly more. This species is parthenogenic meaning they are all female and all reproduce!
Isopods will need an enclosure with a soil based substrate mixed with decaying wood, sphagnum moss, leaf litter and calcium chunks or eggshells. One side of the enclosure should stay pretty damp by placing about ¼ of the enclosure with sphagnum moss that you will need to mist regularly to help them regulate and breath. The other side should be drier to create the microclimates they want to live in.
They primarily eat decaying leaves and woot rot. I typically use magnolia, maple, and oak leaves but will use others as well. In addition I feed all my isopods Repashy Morning Wood supplement, fish flakes, freeze dried minnows, freeze dried peas, cuttlebone, oyster shell, veggies such as carrots and zucchini. A balanced and diverse diet is always helpful!
