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Armadillidium gestroi Isopod Care Guide 

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#isopods #armadillidium #armadillidiumgestroi Armadillidium gestroi is one of the best pet isopods, due to its beautiful colors, hardy nature, and large size. In this isopod care guide, I’ll introduce this amazing pet isopod, discuss its care and housing, the potential for this isopod for use in Bioactive vivariums, and finally, Armadillidium gestroi as a pet / hobby /display isopod.
Special thanks to Brandi at www.rhactasticrhacs.com for her contributions to this video!
Links to isopod supplies:
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Isopods will munch on dried River shrimp as well!
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@fritzleipold4520
@fritzleipold4520 2 года назад
was unable to resist getting a small colony of gestroi yesterday, glad to see a video of their specific care & feeding :)
@rebeccabirch6130
@rebeccabirch6130 3 месяца назад
Just ordered some of these as my first pet isopods (aside from my dwarf whites- which were supposed to go in a bioactive set up but that ended up needing to be taken apart) and I am so happy to hear that they are bold, beautiful, and won't breed so quickly that I need to upgrade their house right away! I can't wait for them to arrive!
@Morgan-oz8ud
@Morgan-oz8ud 2 года назад
Ive just bought a culture of these guys. You dropped this video just in time!
@TheSeptemberRose
@TheSeptemberRose Год назад
I JUST got some A. gestroi today at a Reptile Expo. I hope they do well and breed well. I just bought them as pets, not as a clean up crew. Thanks for all your info!
@MIsopods
@MIsopods Год назад
Nice! What do you keep them in?
@summern3064
@summern3064 2 года назад
An Armadillidium granulatum video added would be wonderful if you keep them yet. 😊 I recall you mentioning a few times a while back that you don’t have that species yet. They like it dry with only the moss corner damp and I’ve also heard they have a specific preference for loquat leaves so I am buying some as well 😄
@fru_tess
@fru_tess 17 дней назад
Many thanks for sharing your knowledge! I just ordered a bounch of ’Armadelidium gestroi’ from a very nice hobbyist.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 17 дней назад
I think you’ll enjoy them! Hard to beat!
@caust1k_244
@caust1k_244 2 года назад
Armadillidium gestroi are probably one of my favorite species in isopods. Great video as always, Rus. Very informative.
@imjustarandom1459
@imjustarandom1459 2 месяца назад
Looking forward to my batch of gestrois arriving soon! I'll use this guide in making their bin.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 месяца назад
I hope they thrive for you! 👍🏼
@imjustarandom1459
@imjustarandom1459 2 месяца назад
@@Aquarimax Thank you! I'll try to study more about them to ensure that their new home would be something they'd love!
@AquaGardenZen
@AquaGardenZen 2 года назад
Those zingers 😍 are dreamy I can’t wait to see offspring in my gestroi culture so exciting great video as always thank you Russ for sharing
@jeffer2350
@jeffer2350 3 месяца назад
Thanks for all the great information you provide. I love your videos. This is my first isopod unit other than springtails. Mine love freeze dried river shrimp too. It is fun watching them drag a shrimp which is bigger than the gestroi for a distance when they find it. I now have a bunch of baby ones in the container so I guess I will need to monitor population soon in case I need to expand to a new container.
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
After my rubber ducky’s I love my orange scapers but these gestroi is a must have!!!! Thanks for your videos
@siyg
@siyg Год назад
I’m definitely going to get this species soon, sad that Aquarimax shop doesn’t sell these
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax Год назад
I wish I could ship them, but my permits don’t allow it
@elizabethp2094
@elizabethp2094 2 года назад
Hellooo! I was wondering if you had thought of writing an online accessible Isopod profile?☺️ Not for necessarily care but I think natural habitat, behaviour, anatomy, breeding habits etc. Would be incredibly helpful for keepers
@anniek4919
@anniek4919 2 месяца назад
A couple months ago, I bought 10 of these as adults(12 arrived in the little tub! Yay!) within a week there were so many babies! Maybe 20 or so! I had these all in a one gallon glass jar and decided with all the new babies I’d just put 1/2 the adults in my crested gecko vivarium- why not? At best they would clean up, and worse case, they would become a snack for my crested. I had added 25 dwarf whites 6 months earlier and wasn’t sure if they were still in there - it’s a big vivarium so they could just be hiding underneath the dirt as they do… but haven’t seen any lately - anyway, once I put these new black and yellow adults in, I never saw them again, but figured they were in there because leaves were being eaten and the fish food flakes would be gone in a day- same with the gecko shed. Skin was there before I went to bed and literally gone by morning! After 2 months I was adding a new plant and moved the giant hollow cork hide tube and there they all were, sleeping in the hide with the gecko 😂. No fear! Meanwhile, I somehow killed off all but one of the new babies. I have 6 adults and one 2 month old teenager in my original glass jar. They sure love eating leaves!!!
@ckandrew
@ckandrew 2 года назад
Stunning little critters!!
@ScipioAfricanus100
@ScipioAfricanus100 2 года назад
These are so cool. They're a bit expensive (~30€ for 12 animals) around here, but maybe this video will finally convince me to get some.
@tudormr7721
@tudormr7721 3 месяца назад
In my country, Romania, i found a lot of them in my backyard... they were like 10.😅
@Mercedes_may
@Mercedes_may 2 года назад
I know I’ve already commented here but I’m revisiting this because I just got these little loves today! They are amazing 🥰
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
They really are!
@Mercedes_may
@Mercedes_may 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax indeed! I already have babies! ❤️
@MIsopods
@MIsopods Год назад
I JUST uploaded a video on these guys and BOOM. Your care video is suggested. RU-vid is like a broken clock, but I'll take what I can when I get it! I have had a starter colony that I got in September, and as you mention, they're not the fastest to mature and establish themselves, but I just checked on them today and MAN, they're getting big. That's a great morph, the Zingers. I prefer the normal morph, as I'm partial to that color scheme, but it is amazing. I think they should name it "Rorschach's Isopod" haha. How have they been since this video? Go easy!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax Год назад
RU-vid Can be weird sometimes! LOL… I have a good crop of young Zingers! 😁
@MIsopods
@MIsopods Год назад
@@Aquarimax Can't wait to see the followup!
@zer0coolninja887
@zer0coolninja887 2 года назад
Just picked some up at our first reptile show in our city
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Awesome! I’ll bet you’ll love them!
@monedarden810
@monedarden810 Год назад
I’ve got about 20 gestroi coming this Monday. They are going to be the clean up crew to my hermit crabs. I got this species because they like a moister environment and they won’t overtake my hermit crabs. I will come back with an update on them when they get settled in their role.
@monedarden810
@monedarden810 Год назад
They all came alive! I got juveniles so I’m going to wait until they start breeding to put them in with my crabs. They seem to be settling in well.
@monedarden810
@monedarden810 Год назад
@@davem9158 they are great! I just saw breeding behavior so hopefully there will be mancae soon!
@sullyg9342
@sullyg9342 Год назад
@@monedarden810 Got some ?
@monedarden810
@monedarden810 Год назад
@@sullyg9342 I do. They just had babies so I’ll be able to ship some out when they get a little bigger and the weather isn’t as cold. I also have an abundance of powder oranges and T. rathkii that I can lessen their numbers a bit
@sullyg9342
@sullyg9342 Год назад
@@monedarden810 So cool ! I just got a tiny group of 3 gestroi yesterday in a tiny terrarium, they are so cool, With your experience, what do you advice me to make them happy and entertained ?
@thejuggernaut3778
@thejuggernaut3778 2 года назад
These are my favorite isopod. Glad you finally got to them, I mean all your vids are great though.
@HoustonTrillerThenYoCity
@HoustonTrillerThenYoCity 2 года назад
Can you do a isopod care guide video on cubaris murina
@Ramingor
@Ramingor Год назад
Thank you for the wonderful and informative video, a great insight🙌🏻❤️
@geolyxtra
@geolyxtra 2 года назад
Thank you, just what I needed!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Great to hear it!!
@RebleGreyWarden
@RebleGreyWarden 2 года назад
Hello :D Thank you for providing great information! I got my first isopods today (dairy cows) and I am much more confident in my abilities thanks to your videos!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
That’s precisely what I love to hear!
@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945
@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945 2 года назад
I think this species may have made it to the top of my wish list. Certainly from their genus. Competition is Porcellio expansus, having said that, I've just seen some Porcellio haasi 'High yellow'...
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I do love P. expansus and P. haasi!!
@waverindarkness3385
@waverindarkness3385 2 года назад
I’m getting some gestroi soon. So excited!!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I think you’ll love them!
@finsfangs5141
@finsfangs5141 2 года назад
Beautiful 😍
@Bugrealms2
@Bugrealms2 2 года назад
Thanks for this wonderful video. Ive followed you for a long time, i just rarely comment 😊
@praiseHashut
@praiseHashut 2 года назад
you got yourself a subscriber! A. gestroi is a recent find of mine, and probably my new favorite isopod.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Thank you for subscribing, and may I say that you have great taste in isopods!
@Crystalspets
@Crystalspets 2 года назад
Those are some really cool collection of isopods
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Thank you Crystal!!
@richardsanchez5444
@richardsanchez5444 7 дней назад
I just found two pairs doing something that looked familiar. Like one was trying to jump over the other but it couldn't make it over. I guess im having more soon.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 6 дней назад
@@richardsanchez5444 Yes, I predict mancae in your future! 🤣
@brandishoogy
@brandishoogy 2 года назад
they were so tiny when u 1st got them.. adorable
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I agree!! 😃👍
@frankdughtank8327
@frankdughtank8327 2 года назад
Excellent!!!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I can always count on you, Frank!
@imamayoub8066
@imamayoub8066 2 года назад
Very cool
@enbrunoise
@enbrunoise 2 года назад
armadillidium peraccae please. They are my first isopod. Love them. Love these Care video's too.
@peterashby-saracen3681
@peterashby-saracen3681 2 года назад
I guess you're having much more success with peraccae than I am... I'm afraid that they currently get my vote for most boring isopod! :O
@unlimited99
@unlimited99 Год назад
i like it
@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030
@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 2 года назад
cool
@brandishoogy
@brandishoogy 2 года назад
they are so cool lookin
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
They are!! I can’t get enough of them!
@thefishchannel_uk
@thefishchannel_uk 2 года назад
Great video
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Thank you!! Do you keep these?
@thefishchannel_uk
@thefishchannel_uk 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax no but I would love to . Also I bought the brine shrimp hatcher you reviewed and I really like so thank you
@johannoren2787
@johannoren2787 2 года назад
Thanks! Again a fantastic video, and those were amazingly beautiful. What isopods would you suggest to have as a cleanup crew with tarantulas?
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I haven’t worked with tarantulas, but I will soon have some guests who can help with that question.
@k.thomas295
@k.thomas295 2 года назад
Porcelio hoffmannseggi next please!! And yes, i do love this whole series!!
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
All ready for you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TA4YXi9I6Fw.html
@bender501
@bender501 2 года назад
Hey Aquarimax! I was curious if orange powders would be a good cleanup for a bioactive pacman tank or would you recommend something else? I already have a healthy colony of springtails... Sadly some fungus gnats from the live plants. Thanks! :)
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I would recommend something burrowing, like Cylisticus convexus if available. That is what I am trying with our new Pac-Man frog.
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
Wow nice white
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
The black and white ones are pretty amazing!
@infamoushiphop7943
@infamoushiphop7943 2 года назад
Im finding zingers in my colony, can't wait to isolate them to make a colony:)
@zer0coolninja887
@zer0coolninja887 8 месяцев назад
Russ is the reason why i got into bugs
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 8 месяцев назад
😁👍 I am happy to have helped in that process!
@zer0coolninja887
@zer0coolninja887 2 года назад
Waaazzaah
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
You’re first!
@joelselph8194
@joelselph8194 2 года назад
Could you do a video on Cubaris White Tiger? Mine died off one by one, so I would like to see what I did wrong so that I can get them again.
@xxgoldenprozxx4092
@xxgoldenprozxx4092 2 года назад
Can you do panda isopod and curbaris jupiter pls
@emilyblech3398
@emilyblech3398 2 года назад
Hey, do these guys hibernate I added 12 to my terrarium they were loving it for 2 weeks since then I haven't seen them much
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
How big is the terrarium? Also, a new colony is likely to be much more secretive than an established one.
@mynala110
@mynala110 2 года назад
Can you do one on Magic Potions? Struggling with our colony
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I got you covered: Armadillidium vulgare Isopod Care Guide ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p-dTokDjn14.html
@troublingleaf
@troublingleaf 6 месяцев назад
What would be a good isopod that is a good breeder for a cooler, higher humidity set up? I would like a nice looking isopod in there, but there will be some inevitable predation.... I keep making bad choices in isopods and I've not had much success with them, but I do need a clean up crew... My humidity has to be 75 during the day and 90+ at night, temps are in the low twenties.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 6 месяцев назад
Have you considered Oniscus asellus?
@rodsprague369
@rodsprague369 2 года назад
I have seen local Armadillidium vulgare with the same basic pattern of yellow spots on the dark gray. I am thinking it might be a holdover from populations in the same range as the same pill millipede that A. gestroi imitates or simply a common color pattern in the genus.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I have been working with a high-yellow strain of A. vulgare for a few years. There are definitely variations on that theme within the genus.
@apss5736
@apss5736 2 года назад
Hello
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Welcome!! 😊👍
@peterashby-saracen3681
@peterashby-saracen3681 2 года назад
I can get gestroi from my supplier here in Spain so I might just indulge in some. Can you obtain Armadillidium frontetriangulum in the US? They seem to be very similar to gestroi, pretty impressive in size, with variable colours - most of mine have yellow and white markings. I've had mine for about 5 months and they have reproduced impressively so I imagine that they breed faster than gestroi? Re: colour, I'm blown away by Armadillidium vulgare T+ - the adults are an amazing amber colour but the juveniles are an even more astonishing bright yellow. Plus, they are very prolific.
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
A. frontetriangulum is here, but I don’t have a permit for it. Otherwise I’d love to keep them. The A. vulgare T+ are quite gorgeous too…I have T- albinos, need the T+ as well!
@peterashby-saracen3681
@peterashby-saracen3681 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax The juvenile vulgare T+ almost glow, it's an amazing colour! I guess the regulations are very different in the States - there don't seem to be any restrictions on the species we can keep in Spain. The problem here is that there are far fewer suppliers and breeders, even though Spain is home to so many great isopods!
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
Hey are you into bonsai I got into them along with my geckos and isopods
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I have a Portulacaria afra I have been training in bonsai style
@Mercedes_may
@Mercedes_may 2 года назад
Can we have the ducky care video next plz 💛
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I am working on it this very moment!
@Mercedes_may
@Mercedes_may 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax awesome!! Thank you 😊
@timjung640
@timjung640 2 года назад
Can we get a species profile on the talking catfish at the end of your videos? 😁
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
Great idea! It’s a pretty easy species…it thrives on a steady diet of subscriptions!
@timjung640
@timjung640 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax LOL! 😆
@acas.04
@acas.04 Месяц назад
Please do amber ducky 🥹💓
@chayasakpakapatkulawat2704
@chayasakpakapatkulawat2704 2 года назад
Hi Rus, I have started Gestroi culture since 4 months ago and I have been having alot of problems with it. I started with 20 gestroi and now I only got 11 left because they keep dying with no reasons. I thought it was because of moisture but it isnt. Everything is alright with enclosure and substrate. I raise them the same way as I do with dairy cows but why are they keep dying and dont even breed at all?
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
What is their diet?
@chayasakpakapatkulawat2704
@chayasakpakapatkulawat2704 2 года назад
@@Aquarimax cattlebone and alot of leaf litters, I bought two of these from isopod shop too so they are pretty clean and safe
@Cleeon
@Cleeon Год назад
​@@chayasakpakapatkulawat2704sometimes give them fruit
@geolyxtra
@geolyxtra 2 года назад
Just found baby armadillidium vulgare wild type and porcellio scaber conmon, they are both wild caught
@sdqsdq6274
@sdqsdq6274 2 года назад
this species dont like it wet like dart frog tanks ?
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
They do prefer a drier area in part of the enclosure.
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
Cappuccinos
@Aquarimax
@Aquarimax 2 года назад
I got you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l3Ffrej_zW0.html
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
Your saying it wrong 😂
@Mercedes_may
@Mercedes_may 2 года назад
I wonder if the zingers are an Axanthic morph of the gestroi’s 🖤🤍
@Hicks_echos401
@Hicks_echos401 2 года назад
2nd way you said it was correct, lol either works 😂😂🫶🏻
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