Making Easy to Maintain Isopod Bins and Care

MANY of you have been requesting more isopod content for awhile. Hopefully this is what you had in mind. I've been meaning to do something like this for years and now seemed like a great time to do it. I can't wait to show you more about this soon because I'm working on some big things for them in the new animal room. Stay tuned! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

I run a store and sell around 40/50 species of isopods alone, I would definitely advise on giving the isopods available calcium in the soil, like egg shells or adding calcium carbonate! Another great video Tanner ❤

It’s like you said, Tanner. Roley poleys instill a child-like wonder in us. Thank you for this video!

for hot-gluing the screen over the holes: silicone mats are great for squishing down the glue as they don't stick to it and are quite heat-resistant. I use a mat made for baking.

A little over two years ago I put together a terrarium in a gallon-sized glass jar turned on its side. I gathered advice here for a couple weeks beforehand, and gathered all my ingredients I guess from the back yard. I keep it on my kitchen counter, near a window, so the plants get a little sunlight in the evening. At first, it wasn’t doing great, so I added 13 isopods, also from the back yard, and added a couple little wood sorrels ☘️, and for the next two years I’ve been basically watching my little ecosystem live. I’ve seen countless batches of baby isopods, and I’ve trimmed back the plants that overrun the thing every once in a while. The beetle has since died, but I’ve seen a worm and mushrooms pop up regularly. I have one random isopod, I’ve named Gerald, which is half black and half white, and I’ve been watching it interacting in there for a bit over a year now. Didn’t even know they could live that long!Every few months I give them a small organic purple carrot (they prefer it to orange or non-organic), but I think the last time I used one way too big. In the last couple months or so, this has been the slowest they’ve eaten a carrot, I’ve watched part of it like slowly deflate almost, the sorrels are taking longer to bounce back from the last trim, and the soil looks muddier than ever. I guess I’m glad this video is up because it’s on Monday’s agenda to get the little guys sorted out because I can’t stand to see a jar of bugs just slowly get extinguished in front of me. I guess it’s somewhat of a childhood dream to have pet rollie pollies. I think the plan moving forward is to start feeding leaf litter (what they started with is long gone), maybe throw in a new piece of bark, and add some ventilation…I guess I figured before that they were giving out enough Co2 to keep the plants going and vice versa…anyway, wish me luck, and thanks again ❤

I love my isopods! I have a colony of zebras and a colony of yellow spotted (and a wild type colony that lives with my gargoyle gecko). They're so cute and so easy to take care of. The yellow spotted isopods live in a terrarium that I made to look like a bamboo forest, so they look like giant bugs wandering the trees. The only reason I don't have more colonies is because of space. I'm so jealous of your new animal room, I look forward to how you fill it in :)

These little guys are great. I used to go in my garden and let em walk on my hand sometimes. Also, in Dutch, they’re called “Pissebed” which, if you mix it up a bit to “Pisse bed” it’s roughly translates to “Pee bed” lol

tanner you have amazing timing, i have just been looking into caring for some simpler to maintain pets like isopods or jumping spiders! having you as a guide makes me feel so much more confident

Man, I wish I was an isopod only to live in one of those boxes made by you. I love how much you care about every detail.

I've always wanted this kind of information, there's a large colony that lives in the brick pillar next to my house. When I take my dogs out at night I watch them do their thing and love to see the ity bity babies. They do look less flat like these here and more rounded though.

We always called them rollie-pollies. Though, once I discovered that more than the wild gray Armadillidiums exist, my dad decided that Porcellios are called flatty-splattys. I started with Zebras and eventually got Dairy Cows and now have A. nasatum “peach”. One day I’d love to get a hold of some Rubber Duckies. You’re so right. Telling people that there’s such a wide variety of isopods opens up some interesting conversations. Thanks for the video! It helped me to recognize some areas I can improve in with my isopod care.

FINALLY! I miss your isopods Tanner! You're the person wo introduced me to isopods through your channel. Thanks a lot for this video! I'm excited for more.

My 7-year-old daughter absolutely loves roll pollies and I am excited to see they can be kept. This is a great first pet with help. Thank you for the video!

I've been waiting for a new video about your Isopods. 😍✨Me and my friend have gone through all your old videos from you like a million times. Proud to say that all my darlings are now thriving, they been alive and well two whole years. Thank you so much, it's people like you who help others find their passion.

I'd really love to see you do a woodland floor design but with an ant colony in. Your asthetic design would be amazing with an active colony of woodcutters for example

Putting a lot of thought and care into those often overlooked little fellas, just awesome imho :) Looks like they are living their best life!

Can anyone else totally see 8:39 becoming a GIF? It's niche, but we're a niche Serpasquad. . . 😅 Anyways, looks like my next project is keeping Isopods. It excites me to see you establishing so many long-term vivarium supply sources, Tanner. I get the sense that big things lie up ahead

Last week I started a Panda King colony and you make the video with perfect timing! Thanks SerpaDesign! From a great follower of yours!

Hey Tanner, life hack for drilling holes in plastic. After the pilot bit has punched a hole, put your drill in reverse. The hole saw then kind of melts through the plastic instead. This results in MUCH less burrs to clean up, just a clump of melted plastic on the edge that easily snaps off - you're welcome :)

Over here in the uk the common type are called 'woodlice'. I'm sure there are are more varieties but another more common type are Pill Woodlice, which roll up into a perfect ball when threatened. My grandfather (who was scottish) used to call woodlice 'pigs', which was the old collective term for them here. They always reminded me of the little underground beetle enemies from the Mario games!