cucumber slices
avocado skins
zucchini slices
carrots(whole)
madrona bark

 

What about catfood for iso's?
Also, I feed mango to my woodlice, they really bloom.

 

Catfood would probably be good as long as you got high quality. You want to avoid cheap fillers. I have to wonder if you used a fishy catfood if it would get really smelly. As for the mango, I don't think i can snatch any from my dad. Maybe he will give up the skin and seeds though...

 

I would also add to try to use organic sources to reduce incidence of strong pesticides on the skin of a fruit or veggie.

 

In addition to vegetable peelings, I give my isopods rep-cal with a little brewers yeast mixed in.

 

Couscous is a great mine live off it and a few drops of crested gecko diet once in a while.

 

That's harsh, Sarah. I wouldn't make anybody eat Couscous!!

 

I feed mine tropical fish flakes. They get so excited about it, literally when I feed my cultures you can see them pick up a large flake and carry it off.

Deb

 

FWIW...I think I remember reading that fish flakes can introduce mites (they contain the eggs) but that might only be a problem with springtail cultures.

 

My isos are particularly fond of my homemade roach slurry (collard stems, mustard stems, kale stems, cilantro stems, watercress stems, various fruit and squash rind, and ground dry dog food.).

 

I have fed mine carrots, oatmeal, fish food, potato flakes and mushroom but the only things that I have noticed they love are potatos and bananas

I threw some banana slices in one of my vivs for the flies to congregate on and the isos were all over that I spotted them with a flashlight at night and they were having a feast

 

I have fed mine carrots, oatmeal, fish food, potato flakes and mushroom but the only things that I have noticed they love are potatos and bananas I threw some banana slices in one of my vivs for the flies to congregate on and the isos were all over that I spotted them with a flashlight at night and they were having a feast

Careful with the potatoes please. Don't ever use real potato skins because if there is so much as one eye that sprouts you might just sentence your entire isopod colony to death! Potato plants (esp newly sprouted ones that are in a growth spurt stage) produce far more CO2 than oxygen because they need lots of light to produce Oxygen via photosynthesis. Since the light is most likely lacking for the overall benefit to your isopds, they will do like all green plants do and consume oxygen "at night" and release CO2 which is heavier than air and will penetrate the soil and suffocate your isopods.

 

I feed mine Tropical fish flakes with great success, I feed leftover crested gecko diet, Carrots, cardboard.

 

bananas huh? Ill see if mine like it. Since I culture mine on madrone bark, they always have that to eat, any veggies they get are from my salad fixins! They don't seem to like apple much at all.

 

I`ve never had a problem with fish flakes-in my springtail cultures anyway. But I have to say they really go crazy for those `shrooms.

John

 

Just found this thread. Great info! Thanks!

Oh and LOL!

Eggplant - gross!! but the more they eat, the less we have to!

 

Sorry to dig it up, but by high quality dog food, what in particular are you suggesting?

In my opinion, as far as what I would feed my dog, I'd be looking for a grain free, high protein diet like what blue buffalo or wellness makes. I don't like the corn/soy bulk (is this what you mean by fillers?) that other companies use, I don't think dogs chewing up sow beans or husks of corn was a common occurrence in the wild.

Just was wondering what your specific recommendations are!

Thanks,
Max

 

I've tried about every table scrap imaginable! I'll have to try the fish food, seems cheap and healthy enough.

has anyone had trouble with orange?? I thought an orange peel with some stuff stuck on it would be great and even smell good but it was a disaster! the entire rind molded to the point where mold spores flew out of the container when I opened it a few days later. killed my culture

 

I feed mine delivery guys.

 

I want to see the frog that is going to eat that bad boy.

 

Nice, but who's going to bring you your next shipment of frogs??

 

seen Cymothoa exigua?

I've seen isopods go nuts on banana meant for fruit flies as well, but they seem to go most crazy for the pumpkin. Trying mango now.

 

has anyone tried Repashy Bug Burger?

 

I've been using cantelope rinds and fish flake for 2 years and my dwarf white cultures are booming.

 

I find my springs to really boom from introducing plain uncooked rice. Mushrooms are a must too!!

 

Hey all,

In the past Ive used loads of different foods for Iso's including;

Readybrek/Instant oats
Brewers yeast
Multiple fish foods including Sera Micron, NLS, Flakes etc
And a plethora of vegetable scraps.

I recently discovered that both Courgette and Sugarsnap Peas are loved.

They crawl right into the halfed pea pods in their hundreds.

I find these little critters alot of fun to culture and I feel almost sorry for feeding them to the frogs...

Regards,
Richie

 

Cheers Richie,i just happened to have a spare marrow lying around,as most organic growers do at this time of year,it has been duely sliced and diced,and the iso are all munching away,enjoying there new grub thanks mate just got to finish chopping up a rather large pumpkin now.
Frog boy great thread,many thanks
regards both
Stu

 

Adding my turnip loving isos, frogboy!

http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/food-feeding/81736-isos-love-turnips.html

 

Awesome info in this thread! Thanks for sharing..

I just bought some fish flakes called "Ocean Nutrition - Formula Two Flakes".. it does have garlic in it. I did a search.. and only found a little info on garlic as food for isopods. Anybody have any experience with it? I'm a bit nervous about using the flakes


Thanks

 

Formula 2 is pretty good. We use it but we mix it with Formula 1 which they LOVE!

 

If anyone has dogs and feeds with Blue Buffalo brand dog food, the darker, smaller kernels are the vitamins and minerals of the dog food cooked at a lower temp. to retain potency. Worth a try!

 

Somewhat related to this thread...I recently fed lettuce to my iso and springtail cultures that I have been growing in my garden., I don't spray any chemicals--ever. A few days later while inspecting some of the cultures, I noticed all sorts of worms on the inside of the containers. Evidently they are nematodes...other than being totally grossed out to think of all that hidden protein that I've been consuming...am hesitant about using any of these cultures because of the nematodes...what do you all think??? Obviously I did not tell my husband about the hitchhikers....and am now buying lettuce at the market....

 

Hey Judy, Nematodes are everywhere. Actually I'm surprised you haven't seen them in your viv(s) by now. They are harmless. I hate to tell you this, but it's probably not the first time you've gotten a little extra protein. You can use the "float and blow" method outlined here http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/fo....com/forum/food-feeding/78573-how-clean-your-mite-contaminated-springtails.html to clean your springtails. It has worked very well for me. Months later I still cannot find a single mite and I am REALLY looking hard for them. (picture an animated Doug in an Elmer Fudd outfit, chuckling..."Be vewy, vewy quiet! I'm hunting mites!".
On your isopods, you can pick out a bunch of adults to restart a clean culture. Alternatively, you can try to partially dry it out for an extended period, like maybe a couple of months. You have to be careful though, a little to dry and you'll kill it off. Less isopod babies will survive the dryer conditions though, so production will drop for a while.