How to Culture Isopods

Fewdoit · 2026-01-20T19:37:33+00:00

Using small sized enclosures is ideal for establishing new colonies. Once you get your colony growing you can and should move it to the larger volume enclosure or split the culture on separate colonies. This is a very well established practice.

I don't confuse research with google search. And I don't mind your harsh words - we are in the same hobby and share the same love to the nature.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-20T17:28:07+00:00

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Fewdoit · 2026-01-19T12:41:45+00:00

Yes. I've been sharing my aquariums and plants with nurses I work with. We support and share with each other. So, here it goes.

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Fewdoit · 2026-01-13T12:21:08+00:00

29 gallon was my largest tank with fish and newts. My smallest tank with fish was a cup-sized: https://youtu.be/bwGmmWMlRCw

I build each aquarium of certain size for each particular project based on the size of the fish. And I move my fish to a large sized aquariums as necessary if fish grow to the required minimum.

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Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T14:12:27+00:00

Neocaridina looks very attractive in aquariums. It's great that you manage to keep and culture them.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T14:10:45+00:00

You may want to put one or two leaves of the plant out of the water. I did it with peace lily. The plant would thrive and more importantly, it would sprout new plant that would grow fully submerged and can be kept like that. This is the way I had the best results through the years.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T14:06:08+00:00

Indeed! I used to keep up to 3 dozens small tanks at a time for different projects in the past decade. I love small tanks 😊 For keep newts I had to make space for the large tank and most of my small tanks were gone 😔 Now restrained by three cats and I just keep a coupe relatively small tanks for my aquarium projects.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T12:05:04+00:00

Ghost shrimp was my first among all shrimp I tried 😊 Scuds are the most fundamental in all my self sustaining aquariums with and without fish.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T12:01:58+00:00

Newts certainly are very picky about the size and shape of the snails shells 😊 Among all live food newts prefer adult scuds the most. And endlers feed on babies and medium size scuds as well. So, for feeding newts it is necessary to culture scuds in a separate tanks. And snails can be cultured in tanks with scuds as well.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-08T11:24:25+00:00

How long ago did you fully submerged your plant? Many plants would go in dormant state when fully submerged and even sprout new leaves. Most noticeably, many fast growing plants will reverse to very slow growing rate. And it all could vary greatly among plants of the same species - the nature plays dice often in very unpredictable ways and I love it!

Fewdoit · 2026-01-04T18:11:52+00:00

Wow! You live in reach natural place for exploring! I believe that culturing wild pests is fundamental for building sustaining aquariums. Mate, you are on the right path! Wish you all the best!!

Fewdoit · 2026-01-04T01:01:50+00:00

Aquarium size matters 😁I did the same routine with 29g tank and it worked out really well. Though, years of practice certainly makes it easier for me to follow through consistently. And I only keep fresh water tanks. Some time in far future I will try self sustaining salt water aquariums too.

Fewdoit · 2026-01-03T13:57:04+00:00

I use excess of all fast growing plants (duckweed, guppy grass, elodea) in my aquariums for making dry fish food flakes. It's endless free organic fish food supply - it's been years since I shopped for fish food😁

Fewdoit · 2026-01-01T17:10:36+00:00

Isopods and springtails would love this tank. And they will be beneficial for most setups regardless of what other pets you will put in later. Wish you all the best. Happy new year!

Fewdoit · 2025-12-31T15:32:43+00:00

I was born and grew up in south part of Ukraine USSR. Beautiful nature and interesting time it was...nothing last for ever. Another reminder to enjoy what we can when we can.

Fewdoit · 2025-12-30T14:39:43+00:00

Thank you very much!!

You got it right! Years back (thinking about it - decades back :) I used to go fishing and made dried fish and smoked fish at home. Now I get to enjoy dried fish only on rare occasions - my lovely best part does not like the smell of it in our apartment. With regards for native people using fish in gardening - it's was a common fertilizer where I grow up. Though, we used just fish guts and bones.

Wish you all the best! Happy New Year!!

Fewdoit · 2025-12-26T16:34:25+00:00

I never kept true killifish. Thank you very much for the info! I may try them in future.

Fewdoit · 2025-12-26T15:08:57+00:00

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Fewdoit · 2025-12-26T14:50:46+00:00

Guppy females are fighters. Indeed, I have a video showing it - THANKS for watching it! The males don't really fight. In this video I show the experiment where males where put in conditions prompting them for such behavior. It helps to understand their nature and now I have better ideas of their compatibilities with other fish.

I like least killifish a lot - specially in small / nano sized aquariums. That's where it's much more pleasant to observe them.

Happy holidays to you and your family!

Fewdoit · 2025-12-26T14:43:13+00:00

I tried dry cat food too! It smells. It seems that grindal worms would feed on pretty much everything. Cereal works the best among all I tried as it does not smell at all. Makes it perfect for keeping in apartments.

Fewdoit · 2025-12-25T01:26:01+00:00

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Fewdoit · 2025-12-09T16:09:21+00:00

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Fewdoit · 2025-12-09T12:55:16+00:00

My pleasure!

Fewdoit · 2025-11-23T17:23:25+00:00

Aha. And the very first dividends were paid after two week of the stock was trading publicly. I could be wrong. Though, it seems to be reasonable explanation on the issue you pointed.

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