They almost look like they could glow in the dark.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean!!

@HerrWade

3 жыл бұрын

Hit them with blacklight in a future video, they might light up like scorpions!

Nothing like opening up KZread and seeing you posted

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

That makes me smile! 😊

Glad you like the pods Rus! -Grimm here

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Love then! Thanks again!!

@TheColorGrimm

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax you are welcome! Also i found this to be funny, um i am a woman. LOL

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheColorGrimm Oops! I made an incorrect assumption! Sorry...😊

Love Magic Potions they look Beautiful

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

😊

These a freeking awesome, love ur backdrop. also love the shirt.

@Aquarimax

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Yay more isopod

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

I'm very new to isopod culture and the great thing about my Magic Potions is that so far they're actually the most active and visible of the ones I've acquired - more so than my various Porcellio laevis - and are more than happy to emerge in daylight especially when dried shrimp are in the offing. Beautiful little animals!

@Aquarimax

2 жыл бұрын

Magic potions are unusual in several respects…I have heard this from various people, that they are very bold…mine appear fairly bold for an Armadillidium, but nothing like some of my other species. I wonder if this depends on the specific strain?

I found a couple in the wild once but was never able to get them going. Such a gorgeous morph! Got to watch the new Mandalorian trailor as the intro ad before the big feature here!

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool that you found some in the wild! Too bad they were much like my first batch. I feel honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Mandalorian!! 😊👍

An absolute favourite, thanks for sharing Russ

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, and thanks for watching!!

Aww these little dudes are so cute !

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

They are!!

Love your videos Rus. I find the livestreams really helpful for isopod care.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Delighted to hear it!

Thanks for the mention

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!! Thanks to you and your Dad for the Magic Potions!!

Thank you Russ.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Than you Barb!

Now those are some gorgeous inverts. Why do I have the urge to turn on a black light & play some classic Hendrix?🤔

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

🤣👍 🎸

@ricks2907

3 жыл бұрын

Love jimi.

I just love armadillidium besties.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty fantastic!

Thanks Rus good luck with your love potion. I got some about a month ago. They are hard to find but I’m just caring for them as usual. Set up like yours. I offer crab meal. Which is shells. Then pulverized chicken egg shells azomite. Then a mix of plant based chow with pea powder brown rice flour kelp and several other adjuncts. Then a pile of dry anchovy powder. As a buffet they don’t seem to care for veggies or fruit so far. I’m getting some butternut squash sweet potatoes to add. Bananas mold to fast. I feed Saturday and Tuesday or Wednesday. This seems to make most of my collection grow and several are reproducing. I started in Isopods in March this year so I keep out of my hospital bed and up doing something. I am also posting on KZread but haven’t learned editing yet but going to soon. Thanks again Ricky 💃🏼🕺🏼🎸😎🐈‍⬛🍂✌️

I hope you get more out of these isopods collection fingers crossed

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Crystal!! 🙏

Your isopod videos are awesome! Great timing in the magic potions. Now cast a spell on mine, so they get a move on 😁

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️ let me know if it works!!

Gotta love the people who came just to dislike lmfao. Love the channel. I'm trying my hand again at iso pods but I catch my own.

Hi I’m Vince Where can I find you isopods I love these an how are you mix doing I’m excited to see how it came out ..

very beautiful isopod morph...is that background behind you (in the beginning of the video) in your house?

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

It is! I have it pinned up on the wall.

@mountainhobbit1971

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax I love it!! Looks as if you can just walk into the landscape.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

@@mountainhobbit1971 I am glad to hear it has that effect!!

Love isopods so i catch them cause my mom and dad thinks they a gross

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

@fl3xv239

3 жыл бұрын

I love your channal

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

@@fl3xv239 thank you!!

Thank you for the video, really a great help to start ！ A question bothered me a lot: can I use Camphor bark for the housing of my pill bugs？

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

I am not sure, I don’t have any wxoerience with camphor trees. The plant does have some toxicity...

@easonfoon3864

3 жыл бұрын

@@AquarimaxI tried to put a few pieces of camphor bark in the feeding box, they climbed under the bark, and so far didnt show any anxiety Continue to observe……

I saw u at clints live stream

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

I love Clint’s channel!!

They're so Glass like

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

True!!

@IVChan

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax hey Russ if you don't mind, I know this is a lot to ask, but is there any way you could help me identify the species I've captured? I posted on the isopods FB group and the subreddit, but the answers have been so far inconclusive. I'm uploading a video right now on some of the specimens I've caught, they're brown but some are also white. About 3 mm in length maximum. Edit: the video is uploaded.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

@@IVChan i lieft you a Comment on your video..we’ll see if we can figure it out

@IVChan

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax thanks for the help, seem like I was wrong and it's actually 2-3 different species. One is all white, with a dark gray line, another is brown bodied with a more elongated shape, and maybe a third, with the body just like that of the first, but with a cream-white body. I'll try uploading each of the types soon.

For all isopods, is any hard wood pellets perfect for the substrate other than oak or alder like maybe maple? I know maple is a slightly safer wood to humans than oak and alder.

Pleasant coincidence as I was looking at your photo of Magic Potions on Instagram yesterday. I'd like some of these little dudes once my "ban" is lifted. Meanwhile I have some baby rats settling in, I've kept them for >30yrs. And new project - a terrarium to build.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’ve got great things going on in the meantime! I adore rats myself, we’ve had quite a few over the years.

@dukeandsonny

3 жыл бұрын

Terrarium for rats? Never heard it that way before lol. XD

@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945

3 жыл бұрын

The wonderful world of rats 😝 lol. No. But I do know some people who have bioactive substrate for rats. Set up like a gerbilarium. Allows natural burrowing behaviour. My terrarium will just be plants and custodians.

@dukeandsonny

3 жыл бұрын

@@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945 oh really! That sounds cool

How long those first one lived with you?

Woah i found one just like them on my backyard, probably a natural mutation since i havent seen more of them

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Probably. Did you keep it?

@lucasroman6510

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax I did, it stayed with me for a while, I breeded isopods for my frogs so it had everything it needed then it suddenly disappeared, I may need to get new containers

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasroman6510 hopefully it will have some descendants among your other isopods!

Does Magic Potion Isopod like to burrow into the substrate?

As someone who is interested in maybe atarting an isopods colony, I have to ask: what does one do in the event that your colony gets overcrowded?

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Generally I end up selling enough that it hasn’t been a problem. Splitting the culture is an option. Something that eats isopods is an option too.

roly poly (pillbug) enthusiasts... we're on FB

i had the EXACT same problem with Rubber Duckies. I could only afford 4 at 18usd$ each and they just never bread. All my other species are thriving.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

I almost had that issue with rubber duckies...I got down to 3 before they finally bred.

Hi. I'm late here but I just need to know, do golden Slano vulgare breed fast? Or how fast or slow do they breed? And how moist should the enclosure be?

@Aquarimax

Жыл бұрын

They are moderate breeders. They take some time to mature, large litters. Keep one side moist, one less so.

@PlecsExotics3

Жыл бұрын

​@@Aquarimax late reply but I noticed a few mancae already!

Where would you see is a good place to get isopods? I wanna get my hands on zebra pill bugs but the chocolate morph.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Many sources are out of stock of those lately...

How can I control spring tails in my wormery please.

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

You could introduce predatory mites, but springtails are beneficial in a wormery.

How would the Magic Potions do in an arid enclosure? Are they escape artists? Would I need a lid for their enclosure?

@Aquarimax

7 ай бұрын

As long as they have a readily available hydration station, they should be fine with regards to an arid enclosure. They cannot climb smooth, clean, dry surfaces, but they can climb scratched, dusty, dirty, rough, and in some cases, damp surfaces. They can also climb the silicone sealant used in glass aquariums. A lid is usually best, but as long as unwanted creatures can be kept out and the isopods have no way to climb out, AND you can keep the hydration station moist, a lid is not a necessity.

@CarinaAnnis

7 ай бұрын

@@Aquarimax Thank you!

What would happen if you bred a magic potion with another A. vulgare morph? Can they even interbreed?

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

They can! It totally depends on the compatibility of the genetics, but A. vulgare ‘Gem Mix’ is a mix of various other A. vulgare morphs. 👍🏽

@Lucas22780

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax awesome thanks! I'm thinking, that once my gem mix colony is large enough, I'd like to separate out all of the magic potions, oranges, etc... And then do some selective breeding and crossbreeding Addition: I also got some Klugii Dubrovniks and I'd love to breed a population of high reds.

About how rare is the "magic potion"?

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Is is one of the more expensive morphs of A. vulgare, fairly sought after

Question you also enjoyed poisonous plants?

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

Poisonous plants??

@DWSP101

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquarimax yes currently writing about poisonous plants going to be a big book note I always got my hands full doing something

You must've got the American Magic Potions, since they have a much higher chance to be male compared to females

@Aquarimax

2 жыл бұрын

I have separate cultures of both. 👍

First

@Aquarimax

3 жыл бұрын

You got it!!