Isopods come up as a need for bioactives; all things considered - it isn't exceptionally dynamic on the off chance that the base layer of cleaners is absent. An unavoidable issue is, what is the most effective way to present isopods? Is there a correct way and an incorrect method for making it happen? Isopods can be costly, particularly when contrasted with feeders like crickets and mealworms, and starter societies are much of the time tiny, so it's ideal to tread carefully and not lose an enormous piece of the starter populace.
A decent rule that individuals should observe is the guideline of equal parts - while first getting a culture, put half in the terrarium, and half in a holding tub to independently culture. We suggest possibly utilizing this technique on the off chance that the starter culture is 25 creatures or more, or an enormous, cultivated culture of 8oz by volume or more substrate (many bantam species, for instance). When the terrarium is cultivated, it is ideal to permit the climate to "cycle", significance control itself for 1 week and in a perfect world, a month, prior to presenting the fundamental fascination of enormous creatures, like geckos or different reptiles. This permits the isopods to tunnel, stow away, breed, and, in any case, lay down a good foundation for themselves. It additionally permits one more degree of miniature fauna—microscopic organisms, and in a perfect world, springtails on the off chance that they were added—to populate the tank. These miniature fauna urge the isopods to additionally flourish and establish a better climate to support additional separate creatures.
Presently, on to setting up the storage tub. This tub doesn't need to be enormous, barely enough to culture a different populace to re-seed the terrarium every once in a while. We suggest a plastic shoebox (5.7L). Set it up like a run-of-the mill isopod arrangement - 1" of soil, a liberal layer of leaves, and a touch of egg container or bark. Adding supplements like protein and calcium will urge the populace to develop better, which means there will be a sound number of isopods to pull from to reseed the tank. Reseeding is a significant piece of bioactive, in light of the fact that the fundamental fascination will regularly eat the isopods, or on the other hand assuming the substrate becomes waterlogged, they might cease to exist. The egg container and stopper is particularly significant, in light of the fact that it is an extraordinary technique to screen the populace in the tub. Isopods assemble on the container, making a simple technique to appraise the populace and collect them. To collect the isopods for a terrarium, delicately tap the other side of the container into a tub or directly into the terrarium.
While adding isopods to an arrangement, make certain to put them on a superficial level and permit them to wander from that point. On the off chance that additional greenery or substrate with the isopods, delicately spread the material out across the surface. It is vital to not place extra substrate on top of the isopods since covering them can suffocate and kill them. In spite of the fact that they tunnel, without an unmistakable tunnel and way to the surface, they will almost certainly die. On the off chance that the ideal impact is to conceal the substrate or greenery the isopods were in, leaves can be set over the area the isopods were delivered. To keep the isopods from being eaten, permit the isopods to scatter all through the arrangement for 2–6 hours in a laid out tank prior to delivering a bigger creature that might consume them.