Reptifauna™ Milkback Isopods, 10 Count
Reptifauna™ Milkback Isopods, 10 Count
Transform your terrarium with ReptiFauna™ Milkback isopods. One of the larger and more outgoing isopods, these active roly polies break down pet waste and other organic matter to help create a cleaner, more natural bioactive habitat. Available in select Pet Supermarket stores.
- Bioactive Cleanup: Continuously break down pet waste and other organic matter, helping keep the habitat cleaner with less maintenance.
- Care Level: Beginner, and ideal for building a bioactive habitat or simply adding visual interest.
- Colony Traits: Larger, outgoing isopods with active behavior, quick to moderate reproduction rate and moderate conspecific aggression.
Product Details
Product Description
Product Description
Transform your terrarium with ReptiFauna™ Milkback isopods. One of the larger and more outgoing isopods, these active roly polies break down pet waste and other organic matter to help create a cleaner, more natural bioactive habitat. Available in select Pet Supermarket stores.
- Bioactive Cleanup: Continuously break down pet waste and other organic matter, helping keep the habitat cleaner with less maintenance.
- Care Level: Beginner, and ideal for building a bioactive habitat or simply adding visual interest.
- Colony Traits: Larger, outgoing isopods with active behavior, quick to moderate reproduction rate and moderate conspecific aggression.
Feeding Instructions
Feeding Instructions
Isopods thrive on decomposing organic matter from natural decor and vegetation in the habitat.
- Staple Diet: Leaf litter and decaying plant matter.
- Supplements: Add calcium to their diet or mix it into the leaf litter to support a healthy colony.
- Variety: Offer a commercial isopod diet occasionally.
Usage & Warning
Usage & Warning
Live isopods and springtails are intended for use in pet habitats only. Do not release into the wild. Wash your hands after handling.
Habitat and Care
Habitat and Care
Habitat and Care
Native to damp, humid environments, these isopods thrive in stable, covered tropical bioactive habitats, and a colony can also be kept in a simple setup.
- Experience Level: Beginner.
- Minimum Enclosure: A covered 5 gallon tank is sufficient for a small colony; move to a larger habitat as they multiply. Ventilation level: low to medium.
- Temperature: 70-85°F.
- Humidity: Keep one side of the substrate moist and the other drier, for an overall range of about 60-80%; monitor often and adjust as needed.
- Substrate: 2-3 inches of tropical substrate topped with leaf litter and other natural decor.
- Maintenance: Spot clean regularly and replenish leaf litter to keep the habitat and isopods thriving.
Transform your terrarium with ReptiFauna™ Milkback isopods. One of the larger and more outgoing isopods, these active roly polies break down pet waste and other organic matter to help create a cleaner, more natural bioactive habitat. Available in select Pet Supermarket stores.
- Bioactive Cleanup: Continuously break down pet waste and other organic matter, helping keep the habitat cleaner with less maintenance.
- Care Level: Beginner, and ideal for building a bioactive habitat or simply adding visual interest.
- Colony Traits: Larger, outgoing isopods with active behavior, quick to moderate reproduction rate and moderate conspecific aggression.
Isopods thrive on decomposing organic matter from natural decor and vegetation in the habitat.
- Staple Diet: Leaf litter and decaying plant matter.
- Supplements: Add calcium to their diet or mix it into the leaf litter to support a healthy colony.
- Variety: Offer a commercial isopod diet occasionally.
Live isopods and springtails are intended for use in pet habitats only. Do not release into the wild. Wash your hands after handling.
Habitat and Care
Native to damp, humid environments, these isopods thrive in stable, covered tropical bioactive habitats, and a colony can also be kept in a simple setup.
- Experience Level: Beginner.
- Minimum Enclosure: A covered 5 gallon tank is sufficient for a small colony; move to a larger habitat as they multiply. Ventilation level: low to medium.
- Temperature: 70-85°F.
- Humidity: Keep one side of the substrate moist and the other drier, for an overall range of about 60-80%; monitor often and adjust as needed.
- Substrate: 2-3 inches of tropical substrate topped with leaf litter and other natural decor.
- Maintenance: Spot clean regularly and replenish leaf litter to keep the habitat and isopods thriving.
