a cubaris "panda king" peeking out of their burrow. Got a bunch of them last month from a local breeder and put them into my largest enclosure. Haven't seen them ever since I released them inside the terrarium until now. Those guys are so cute!
I innocently started with just A. masculatum. And then somehow I have A. klugii, P. laevis, and P. magnificus terrariums with the parts for the terrariums for my incoming Cubaris sp "Panda King," A. gestroi, and A. vulgare "Japanese Magic Potion" currently in the mail.
My question is: when does the madness end? Right now I'm only bound by the size of my apartment, but I feel like I should sell my TV for more space.
chicken math is one thing but isopod math is fairly worse. best of luck managing your beasts
If there is no picture I plan to update with a picture. Pictures are of my actual pets and not representative.
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REPTILES:
Smaug - Gargoyle Gecko - Rhacodactylus auriculatus - 3/2023 - Poss Female - F2.5 from F1 and F2 Parents - Future Breeding Prospect from Bowling Green State University reptile collection
Housing - Reptizoo 24x24x18in - Bioactive with “Temperate White Springtails” (unknown sp.), “Panda King“ Isopods (Cubaris sp.), Assorted Plants
Elton - Leopard Gecko - Eublepharis macularius - Birthdate Unknown, at least 7 years old - Female - Rescue, provenance unknown - Pet only
Housing - Exo Terra Large wide 36x18x-18in - Bioactive with Porcellionides pruinosus “Party Mix” isopods, Unknown sp. of Arid wild springtails that colonized and outcompeted the springtails I had introduced, and assorted plants.
EVA - Children’s Python - Antaresia childreni - 5/2023 - Female - From E2Exotics on MorphMarket with untraced lineage - Pet only
Housing - S.E.S Series 4 PVC Enclosure 4x2x2ft Semi Bioactive With “Temperate White” (Unknown sp.) Springtails, currently cycling so I have not chosen the isopods yet.
Temporarily in grow out 20 gallon long tank on paper towel until she is large enough that she cannot escape through the gap in the door of the large enclosure.
FISH
Sasuke - Betta Splendens - Young - Female - From Pet Supplies Plus - Pet only
Housing - Aqueon 5.5 gallon Rimless Fish Tank - Assorted Plants, Mystery Snail (Pomacea bridgesii), Pink Ramshorn Snails (Planorbella sp.)
Cubaris sp. "Panda King", Sindodillo sp. "Vietnam", and Agnara cf. madagascariensis
Found a guy selling all of these verminous asian isopods for cheap so I suckered myself into buying them and scooped them up. Sinodillo sp. "Vietnam" is often (erroneously) called Merulanella, but like most asian isopods that get exported elsewhere? People just shove a recognizable genus name on them and call it a day rather than attempting to key them out at all (this is how Agnara, an Agnariid, was sold under the name Philoscia sp. Thai for years lmao)