[mordoria]

I feed mine delivery guys.

 

[Pumilo]

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

 

[SutorS]

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.

 

[Bokfan1]

has anyone tried Repashy Bug Burger?

 

[frograck]

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

 

[patrickwv]

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

 

[R1ch13]

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

 

[stu&shaz]

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

 

[frogface]

Adding my turnip loving isos, frogboy!

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

 

[Bonobo]

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

 

[Pumilo]

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!

 

[WeeNe858]

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!

 

[Judy S]

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....

 

[Pumilo]

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.

 

[Judy S]

Elmer....that was pretty amusing to visualize.... So should I not use the cultures that have the nemetodes???

 

[J Teezy]

Ah so thats what those are, nemetodes. I saw some tiny almost see through looking worms crawling around on some leaf litter in my viv and was wondering what the heck they were and how they got inside my viv. I'm glad they aren't harmful to the viv, i was a little worried thinking i was going to have to CO2 bomb my tank.

On topic, i feed my springs uncooked rice once a week which anytime i open the lid they are all over it. I'll be getting my Giant oranges from doug tomorrow and think i'm going to use fish flakes for those and occassionally fruit scraps (mostly banana)

 

[kevin575]

Does brewers yeast work good for feeding Isopods?

I just got a bunch of it, and I'm tempted to use it.

 

[Peter Keane]

I've tried straight brewers yeast, but had fair success. The culture never 'boomed' on this method. We now use it as an additive in our blend of springtail/isopod food. You may have more patience and success than I did, but I need quick results, lol..
Peter Keane

 

[frogparty]

Repashy bug burger and repashy morning wood!!
Looking like excellent choices so far!!

 

[Pumilo]

I agree with Peter. I find brewers yeast is best saved for fruit fly cultures. In my experience, isopods can survive, grow, and reproduce, on a yeast diet, but slowly. I find isopods do much better on, well, go back to page one and start reading, haha.