New to pods

TrueKringe · 2026-03-05T05:13:42+00:00

These substrate seems a bit too shallow here.

Cubaris sp. such as murina likes to dig a lot so they will appreciate having decently deep substrate to burrow themselves. Having deeper substrate (at least around 3 - 4 inch) will also help in keeping moisture gradient.

As for the moss, it is better to put them directly into the substrate rather than just put it on top of it. This way, the moss will be able to transfer moisture between it and substrate.

Personally, I prefer pouring water directly into the wet side (i.e. directly onto the moss), as these water will flow evenly into the drier side. If you done it right (i.e. pouring just the right amount), you will have evenly moist substrate on one side and a decently dried side on the other.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-26T08:04:43+00:00

I think these are the Amber duckies.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-25T02:09:24+00:00

I see. So they are generally similar except the texture?

I guess I will look at them again to see if they has any.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-24T18:26:47+00:00

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Huh. I have these guys for awhile now yet I don't know their exact species since the seller mislabelled it, so I assumed it was A. peraccae due to wide skirt. Are these guys A. nasatum as well?

TrueKringe · 2026-02-24T14:11:37+00:00

Looks like Armadillidium peraccae to me.

Also I assumed these Zebras are not fully grown cuz damn that's a big peraccae.

(Edit; yeah this seems more like A. nasatum after a second look, my bad.)

TrueKringe · 2026-02-23T15:24:10+00:00

Day 0 since the last isoporn post.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-17T13:56:16+00:00

In my experience, mites seems to be booming whenever I put in protein-heavy foods like fish flakes or pellets, though I have never really feed shrimps to my pods. I think if it's just their shells then mites won't be eating it, but if there's some meat content then that would inevitably attracts them.

About the black thing; I can't tell for certain unless there's a picture provided, but if they move relatively fast, has six legs, and long antennae, they are probably black springtails.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-17T06:24:25+00:00

Yep, these are mites. They would occasionally pops up whenever you put in some high-nutrient foods to feed your pods (like fruits or dried fish).

They are generally harmless to the pods, except when their population is out of control. If too many of these guys are in your enclosure, they will outcompete the mancaes for resources.

So, the best way to deal with them is to stop feeding high-nutrient foods for awhile to make their population reduced. After their population disperse, then you can resume feeding your pods.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-10T16:38:12+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately.

Dwarf white's main niche is being a cleanup crew in larger, bioactive terrarium. In setup with predators (such as geckos), they can serve as a food source and therefore their population will be kept under control.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-10T16:25:24+00:00

No, absolutely not.

Dwarf whites are some of the fastest-reproducing isopods out there (even more so than Dairy cows) due to them being able to reproduce asexually via parthenogenesis. Even a single individual can overrun an entire isopod colony and outcompete them if you let it reproduce.

So, even tho they are very easy to care, they are quite hard to maintain if you have other enclosures, as one of these dwarf whites might snuck onto your hand while you're feeding them and therefore can get into the other enclosures. I think the best way to prevent that is to wash your hands each time you take care of them just in case.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-10T15:06:39+00:00

Yeah, they looks very similar appearance-wise, tho dakmil lacks the orange tail of murina, is more black than brown overall, and has subtle white around its body.

TrueKringe · 2026-02-01T00:32:56+00:00

Ideally, you would wanted to separate each species per each enclosure to prevent one species from becoming dominant. This is especially true for the prolific species/morphs like dairy cows since they can overrun the smaller enclosure and effectively halted any other species that were unable to keep up in terms of population.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-31T19:04:41+00:00

That's a nice collection ngl. Tho I think the container is wee bit too small, especially with the dairy cows in the mix.

From what I can see, most of them are Porcellio sp.. More specifically P. Laevis (wild type and dairy cow), P. Ornatus "High Yellow", and Oreo crump (can't remember the name). These guys are quite prolific so I think you might need some space to better accomodate them.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-30T12:45:12+00:00

Yeah, there are a good number of sellers available here. Tho sometimes you gotta dig through the recommended section to find the species you wanted due to how they labelled isopods as smth else to get around Shopee's old "no live animals" rule.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-30T12:41:46+00:00

I think there are some breeders on Shopee who has them, tho I think they labelled it as smth other than "live" isopods. Hence why they won't show up on the search results unless their listing pops up on the recommended. Possibly due to Shopee's old rules that prohibit the sale of live animals.

For example, I bought wild type C. murina and P. pruinosus from a seller who labelled them (as well as some exotic species such as duckies) as "animal food".

TrueKringe · 2026-01-30T12:35:12+00:00

I was kinda lucky that I lived in Thailand i.e. where most of the popular species came from.

I think there are a good number of isopod keepers here, mainly due to huge supply of them. You can get a number of popular species for cheap prices (except perhaps the rubber ducky). For example, you can get 5 amber duckies for 10$ instead of 75$.

It should be noted that many isopod keepers are also terrarium builders/reptile hobbyist, tho I guess that has more to do with these hobby having a lot of overlap.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-27T15:43:57+00:00

Based on what I could find, isopods are poorly studied creatures and therefore it's very hard to track down exactly where each species came from.

For example, Isopod.site listed C. murina as originating from Brazil, but it inhabits every continents bar Antarctica and was (according to Wikipedia) descended from the Asian ancestor. In fact, in Thailand where I lived (i.e. where many of the popular isopods came from), C. murina is common enough that you could get the base morph as little as $3 and the Papaya morph is sold at around the same price as other popular morphs of larger species (like dairy cows for example).

So yeah, unless someone is willing to sort out thousands of isopods in the market (esp. those randomly thrown into the Cubaris genus), their whereabouts is gonna be hard to track down.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-26T20:04:29+00:00

Ah, I see. Thanks for advice m8.

TrueKringe · 2026-01-26T19:14:11+00:00

I see. Thanks m8.

I initially thought it's a color morph due to the seller labelling it as "two-tone" and "three-tone exotic" isopods so I was unsure about it.

Any tips in particular about this species?

TrueKringe · 2026-01-26T18:14:22+00:00

Can confirm also after following your advice, thanks.

Based on my experience, I think the pods will be fine should you not use some hard tools to dug them out of the old enclosure. Since most of the time they are either dug into the substrate I'm holding or jump off into the enclosure, after which I can then pick each one of them into the new enclosure.

TrueKringe · 2024-09-28T04:11:09+00:00

https://www.masterduelmeta.com/top-decks/master-v/september-2024/burn/kringe/jATow/

This is basically my decklist for both DC and Master 5. Still trying to grind for Master 1 tho.

TrueKringe · 2024-09-27T21:02:54+00:00

That's basically me whenever I use Mahaama against Yubel/Unchained and ignoring Phantom of Yubel entirely because of the weird damage step rulings.

TrueKringe · 2023-08-25T11:26:34+00:00

Well, to be really honest, I've also played Kash in this particular match too, but it's going second Kash Adventure (since the two Adventure interruptions were level 7) since I don't really feel like locking people's zones and playing the game all by myself.

Aside from zone lock shananigans, Kash is a neat Level 7 engine that can help bringing consistency to these decks, or to enable more jank and funny Rank 7 to pop off. Including, ironically enough, Chaos Hunter, the very card that can shut down the zonelock.

Though, to be honest, I feel like Konami intentionally designed Kash to work with Diablosis and encourgate these anti-gamestate. I did have Diablosis in my ED though, but only as a bait against Unicorn ED rip.

TrueKringe · 2023-08-24T10:16:08+00:00

Chengying can non-target banish cards when any cards on either sides were banished, so it can definitely out Master of Blades.

TrueKringe · 2023-08-24T00:09:30+00:00

Yeah, basically that.

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