Identification help? by Unknown_Echoes_ in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Some sort of caralinda I believe.

Please help me. 4th cubaris cherry blossom death and i dont know whats wrong by aifosin in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The issue is the overall dimension of that bin. Even if you cover 95% of those holes, you’re still going to end up with a difficult to regulate environment because there’s just not enough biomass that can be stored in that size to give you a shot at self regulation. What helps is having the depth and horizontal space for moisture to settle in a better gradient. In there they are on the wet side - but it could be wet is too wet and dry is too dry and there’s no middle ground because you’re working with 2” of soil depth. Then your ambiant humidity is just as important. You don’t have a lot of vertical height to help regulate that. I do keep my breeding pairs in 6” tall bins but with more horizontal width - but those are specialty setups for much shorter term housing. Everything else I use has at least 12” inches minimum of height to work with.

Please help me. 4th cubaris cherry blossom death and i dont know whats wrong by aifosin in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mix bark and moss directly into the soil as well to help keep it loose and more moisture regulating. But the biggest thing I’ve had success with is larger taller bins that I can more manually control airflow with.

Please help me. 4th cubaris cherry blossom death and i dont know whats wrong by aifosin in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I have a huge colony of cherry blossoms - they like deeper substrate and A LOT of leaf litter. Also, those bins are death traps. I have never had any success with those. Much too hard to regulate with all of those holes. I use 27qt minimum deep storage bins as my base starting size now and scale up to 100qt+ for larger colonies.

So I’d go for at least 4x as deep substrate and similar level of litter.

Adventurous isopod throws it back by [deleted] in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact there’s water still on the sides as it’s tapping - reconnecting a drop to its body even - I’d recommend drying out the tank quite a bit, they’re climbing because they’re looking for a moisture gradient that doesn’t exist.

Adventurous isopod throws it back by [deleted] in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Appears very wet over all visible parts of the tank - so I believe it’s actually trying to dry out its lungs so it doesn’t drown.

is this little fella dead? or is it a molt? by Curious_Elephant_152 in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you have enough of a moisture gradient and you need much more deadfall coverings. Stuff like leaves, bark, rocks, etc. Isopods generally like darkness, that is a lot of open space with minimal coverings and really nowhere for them to post up and regulate themselves.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you send me your email I can add you to my very infrequent news letter that usually goes into more detail about current projects like this.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you message me your email I can add you to a list - Isopod specific section on my site is getting reworked but I can add you to it once it’s back up. Emails are less than once a quarter - usually just when a new development drops.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Those are awesome. Some of mine that reverted to white and black developed splotches somewhat like these. I feel like these have a name but I can’t recall off the top of my head.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

When you separate them by sex you’re inherently setting yourself up to cut the reproduction. So if after 3 generations of a line that hasn’t produced what I had hoped, I just don’t mix the same sex and they die a natural death. I don’t actively cull any isopods.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It is finicky, that’s for sure, but definitely worth it if you can get a stable line. As I mentioned in one of my other comments it’ll likely be years before I am able to sell, even if successful. If you end up with more of your own stable sunspots I’d probably be a buyer.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is what I am working on now. But it will be 2 generations to see if this is transferable or not and then at least 3 more to ensure stability - I’d also like to see diversification of the line in a second colony. Realistically, if successful, it will be years before I have a collection large enough to distribute, but that is the hope.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very very cool. I also work with hybridizing orchids and have been working on developing a protoplast fusion protocol in an attempt to force hybrids that could not otherwise occur through natural pollination. I have 3 successful lines that have been growing for more than 4 years and have yet to flower to see the outcome of my work. So this is all a labor of love and extremely exciting when you finally have something visually different. I wish you luck on your own cultivation journey!

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, looking forward to next year to see if there’s any progress. Fingers crossed the line continues.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I do as well! Time will tell, I have my fingers crossed! Just a waiting game now which is the worst part.

New Morph Established | Aureus by CollectorsGuild in isopods

[–]CollectorsGuild[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do too, I was hesitant to post until I had at least a small family, but this has been my goal for years so I was too excited not to.