Porcellio hoffmanseggi Isopod Care Guide
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- One of the biggest isopods in the hobby is Porcellio hoffmanseggi, the Hoff or Titan isopod. In this video I introduce this isopod species, then talk about Porcellio hoffmanseggi localities/morphs, care and housing for this isopod, and whether or not this isopod makes a good cleanup crew species in a Bioactive vivarium, and finally, it’s status as a pet or hobby isopod.
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Thanks to
@themadaquarist for sharing footage of his unique (leucistic?) Porcellio hoffmannseggi isopod!
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I need more isopods.
I had a small colony of around 10 which used to feed openly. the Mother of the first brood would carry bits of food back to the babies. they would actively seek out calcium to. Cuttle fish was always jumped on and you could hear them on it.
I have found that my P. hoffmannseggi Black will feed very readily on Supreme Isopod Chow!
So interesting on the feeding response! I just got these today and was wowed by one of them immediately grabbing a piece of fish food and eating it right in the open as I took dozens of shots with my macro lens! Thanks for all the great info here!
My Porcellio hoffmandeggi ‘Black’ have a crazy feeding response! 😁 I think a lot of factors can influence how isopods respond to food. I am glad you got some macro shots! Great species for that
I've been keeping my titans rather unconventionally. Lower ventilation, slightly more humid, not a lot of hiding spots. They've been breeding readily! i also see them eating whenever i offer food for them. So i know i'm doing something right!
Interesting! I may try that myself
@@Aquarimax They seem to be a particular fan of more leafy vegetable matter! and partial to protein, as you said :) Mine are verocious feeders when fed more leafy veggies!
I’ve got them with my reticulated python as a cleanup crew and they do wonderfully! Her enclosure is large enough to provide them all with adequate territory, and they do a decent job cleaning up after her although I’ve found that they only really come out at night so maybe that’s why we never see a feeding response? I have some lighter colored specimens that I am trying to isolate for a “lavender“ morph 🥰
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience using these as biocustodians! Great to know! Best of luck with the lavenders too!
Could we possibly see a picture of your lavender morph?
@@BigRedsIsopods yeah but idk how maybe Instagram
@BallPythonMom is your Instagram username the same as your CZcams one?
Those white ones are awesome. I just got some hoffs, I hope mine start throwing them too.
I am from south Spain and I got some of these from my garden, they are huge 😄
That’s fantastic that you can find them in your garden!
Thank you this helped so mjuch
Glad it helped!
Wow Rus, what a great macro look at these Kings :) Interesting note- my original group of Hoffs threw a number of 'chocolates' and now, I see hardly any. The solid white is really cool (nice cameo from Biggzy). I also heard there was a 'gold / yellow' version but never saw a confirmation. Interesting note about leaves (mine seem to devour them!). Thank you again for the shout out. VERY important about the small bins rather than big bins. I have some hoffs going now in a mourning gecko bio-active enclosure. (sorry so many comments :)
I don't keep any Porcellio, but I just had to watch this. These are just sick!
I got my first Hoffs a few weeks ago from a breeder here in the south of Spain and so far I'm pretty impressed with them. I have two types - P. hoffmannseggi nominate and P. hoff. Caramel - the caramels are a truly lovely colour. They're all in together at present but I'll be separating them out soon. My supplier has two other forms, P. hoffmannseggi "White Antenna" and P. hoff sordidus - the sordidus are a pretty amazing looking isopod with really complex grey and white patterning over the whole body but rather too expensive for my pocket at the moment. In general they seem to be a pretty laid back guys and girls and so far are feeding reasonably well (though not ravenously) on shrimp, though they are not so keen on goldfish pellets, unlike my Dairy Cows and other laevis. Good advice about providing plenty of cover - I'll be adding sections of egg carton and monitoring them for any conflict.
Thank you for this awesome video, I have a black Hoffmannseggi male that I've had for over 2 years and he is 2 inches long and maybe alittle longer. He is my big breeder male!
What's his name?
I went to a clearing in my city and catched around 23, they are amazing and way less shy than other porcelio.
Could you please do a dairy Cow care guide?
Absolutely Amazing Video Rus
Those all-whites are awesome! Great video.
Just got Orin's book from my local library today it's freaking awesome 👌 and went and picked up some Chicobolus spinigerus also known as the Florida ivory millipede the species mentioned in this video is on my wish list 😀 and yes Biggs is awesome love his content also 📹 hope your having an awesome Friday
I plan to get high yellow zebras eventually, and this species may be next after that.
These guys look awesome.
Great vid
How convenient, I just purchased these the other day!
My own took most of a year before they became confident enough to begin roaming out and about under light during the day :) now they are always out
stunning
I love what you do! Do Porcellio bolivari next!
Really awesome job with this video Rus!
Wish I would have seen this video before reaching out about availability of this species! Oh well, someday!
They are adorable tiny mollusks.
They're arthropods, crustacea, not mollusk.
Can you please cover the spiky isopopods ? They're Adorable!!
great video
I have thiiis !! It has a lot of babies now !
Is anybody keeping Armadillidium frontetriangulum? I can find virtually nothing about them online. I got some shortly after A. klugii. All my A. klugii cheerfully died within a month (I get the feeling this species is suicidal...), while the frontetriangulum have just produced a nice brood of babies. I personally find them more spectacular than klugii, which seems to get all the attention. Generally bolder markings, and they're bigger.
I don't know how many times I've watched the care portion of this video. And I WAS going to try and get your input on why my Hoff colony is failing, well, failed. I only have 4 left. I think I started with about 15. I'm still not sure how I failed. But at this point it's probably too late unless a miracle happens. People keep showing me pictures of undersides of isopods with the differences. But every time I try to look my pods either won't sit still, my phones camera won't focus or I'm too dizzy to see straight (long story). Or some combination of those 3. Oh well
If you have even one female that has mated, there is still hope!
@@Aquarimax so, I was able to see that none look pregnant. at least no stomachs were bulging. how soon after the deed gets done does it start to show in a female isopod?
@@SanosukeSagara18 fortunately, they can store sperm to produce multiple broods…so if they have ever mated, you have a chance.
@@Aquarimax I'll keep hoping then. They usually give birth twice a year right? Or is that another species I'm thinking of?
@@SanosukeSagara18 It depends which form you have, but they doneeem to reproduce just a few times a year IME.
I wish they approved me for the hoffmanseggi on my permit. Would love to have some of these large isopods. In fact they denied all of the larger species. The largest ones I can keep legally are dairy cows. Which are pretty cool. I gotta ask this though, with dairy cows, and them being a bit more prone to eating protein, I’ve heard they can nip on some reptiles. Can they also bite you? Or will they? Have you had this happen? If so does it hurt? Do the larger species like hoffmanseggi do this also?
I’ve had some isopods like Porcellionornstud and dairy cows, even Porcellio scaber, try to nibble my skin, but it doesn’t hurt at all.
My scabers have had a little nibble too. Feels like something between a tickle and a slight scraping sensation. Weirdly endearing.
what a great video thank you for sharing I have to rehouse and divide my colony up into 2 groups
This is the next species on my wish list just got my local library to bring in Orins book so I can check it out and just got my first millipede pair Chicobolus spinigerus also known as Florida ivory millipede
@@AquaGardenZen that is awesome
Lol oops double commented didn't think the first one went through haha 😅 because I replied to your comment I was like wait my comment didn't go through well here it went thank you though too funny
@@AquaGardenZen lol
I just bought 10 of these! Ooopsie. God these things are addictive haha!
Yes they are! Good luck with your new colony!
@@Aquarimax thank you :D
Hoffmannseggi don't eat immediately, but seem to munch on it over time, even when I offer smelly minnows for them they still take their time with it
Got a small colony, they feed immediately on mushrooms. ^^
I will have to try that!
Have you ever done a video on magnificus? I couldn't find one. I was at an expo and couldn't help myself 😂 I understand they have some cultural similarities to hoffs but are not the same. Would be happy for any insights!
Can you cover Porcellio Spinicornis?
I started a project exploring them, as I cannot find any content on youtube that's in depth or explores them in anything but a 2 or 3 minute blurb.
I should start keeping that species…but before I do, perhaps I can interview an experienced P. spinicornis keeper .
@@Aquarimax I know you're busy, but it's up if you find time.
Go easy!
Are these an ok species for a beginner?? I think I have the conditions just down and done craptons of research, but not really sure how forgiving they'd be for me. I've kept A. vulgare prior to this though. Really curious.
If your A. vulgare are thriving, I think you could do well with these.
@@Aquarimax Tysm! And yes they are, for sure.
In regards to size, wouldn't spatulatus be a larger species than expansus? Uropods are shorter, and width is greater despite having similar length?
My understanding is that they are definitely the winners for girth, but not quite as long.
Have you managed to get your hands on the P. Hoff White Antenna?
Not yet!
cubaris!
@aquarimax, can you do a video on the costa rican dwarf purple isopod and can you breed them with only 2 individuals?
If you have at least one female that has mated, you can get a colony going 👍
Love the vid! Is it okay to ask if I can use sawdust shavings in isopod enclosures mixed into the organic compost?
Thanks! It depends on the nature of the sawdust. Nontoxic hardwood sawdust works well, especially if it has decomposed. Resinous softwood sawdust would not be so great.
@@Aquarimax Oh, I see! I was planning on buying apple/oak tree sawdust normally sold for BBQing.
@@mitzirino get the oak if you can. 👍
I had a colony of isopods (porcellio Hoffmanseggi) and they all died within two days, I had had this colony for 3 years now and they all just randomly died. Yesterday most of them died randomly leaving 4 left and then this morning two were dead. Would anyone be able to tell me what happened
Oh no! Did anything in the environment change? Any airborne chemicals, like cleaning sprays?
Hello how big is your bin?
16 quarts, amd one approximately the same size but different footprint.
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