Carloscruz
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I am going to be changing some of my cages bioactive what kind on Isopods should I get?
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EmilioTheAnkify
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Powder orange isopods have been working great for me…
Although the rubber ducky isopods look dope.
Although the rubber ducky isopods look dope.
Chameleoking
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Carloscruz
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Thanks I need something that can live in dry and moist tanks
Chameleoking
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Are they not all chams?
MissSkittles
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I use giant canyon isopods in all of my enclosures, including for my leopard geckos. I do have to go in and mist well at least a section of the enclosure weekly and I do provide them a bit of food. I had springtails too, but I think it was too dry for them. I had initially tried powder orange and some zebra, but the giant canyons out competed them all.
Carloscruz
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No I am going to be putting them in tarantulas cage house geckos cage and leopard geckos cage and roach bin.
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Thatwizard420
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I've had an instance where my tarantula was molting and the isos were messing with her. She didn't have a good molt and died. I blame the isos.
I have also heard of the same but with roaches.
House geckos will grub on them.
My take for a humid environment, you can't go wrong with Dwarf Whites.
For the dryer set ups, Giant Canyon Isos are the way to go.
Carloscruz
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Thanks I will do Dwarf whites for the humid ones Will the Giant canyon ones messed with my leopard gecko or roaches
MissSkittles
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I use dwarf white with my roaches.
Carloscruz
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I thought dwarf whites need high humidity survive?
MissSkittles
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They do fine with my roaches. I do mist at least half of the tub once a week for the roaches to molt easier.
Carloscruz
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I am going to wait on the Leopard gecko where can I get them and the stuff I will need?
Thatwizard420
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So your Giant Canyons won't mess with your geckos, but your geckos will devour them.
Carloscruz
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Now I know what isopods I am getting. Do you need life plant to do a bioactive? And how would I make one.
MissSkittles
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I initially added lots of live succulents to my Leo tanks. Some died and others thrived. Echeveria does pretty well, along with aloe ciliaris. Spaghetti agave is nice too. Here’s my tanks when I first set them up.
Carloscruz
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Thanks what substrate do you use
Mountain Dragon
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https://www.chameleonforums.com/search/1658791/?q=Bioactive&o=relevance
Search it in the forums there’s alot about bioactive stuff
Search it in the forums there’s alot about bioactive stuff
MissSkittles
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I use organic soil, some coco coir, play sand, chopped up sphagnum moss, a handful of horticultural charcoal and I top with more sphagnum moss, leaf litter and whatever bits of natural pieces I can find (cork bark, seed pods, cholla wood, etc).
You will need to think how you’ll be providing heat. I had considered using deep heat projectors, but stayed with under tank heat mats. So that my leos actually get the heat, I did have to isolate their primary warm hides - I cut a round from a plant pot and had the soil around it and just placed a very thin layer of moss so they aren’t on bare glass. I made their hides so it was a perfect fit on top. Their warm hides are actually like little burrows for them. I also made sure to add a little area for the isopods to hide and found the cholla wood with it’s many holes works well for them.
Carloscruz
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Could I use dwarf white isopod’s for a Leopard gecko
