HOW TO MAKE NATURAL TERRARIUM FOR GIANT AFRICAN MILLIPEDE'S!
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Hey guys!
I hope you like the surprise build and the final result - I look forward to growing with you guys as I make these builds and upgrade them in future videos.
Let me know what type of thing you want me to do/make next. I have a tank or two spare and I need your help for inspiration!
I have since edited the design a little and stacked 2 caves for them. I will record a quick clip & upload it an hour after this one!
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I just got my first millipede and I'm so excited! This is an amazing setup. You did a wonderful job and now I'm full of inspiration!
Hey Sarah! That’s so cool, good luck on your journey, thank you so much for your kind words too!
I made another enclosure for them which is bigger now so check that out if you haven’t had chance 😃❤️
@@AntScapes1 Thank you!! I'll have to go watch it. I love husbandry/setup videos, they're my favorite! & yours are just beautiful!
This is so so pretty! Could sit and look at it for ages!
Thank you buddy! I appreciate that a lot ❤️
I was happy to see millipedes in this video. With your designs for ants we usually see ants introduced much later than the terrarium is set up 😉 You could do an update #2 and show what you feed to them and some basic advices and care /maintenance tips
Hey man, that’s a great suggestion! I’ll make sure I do a basics on keeping and maintaining the enclosure etc - that’s a good shout 😃❤️
Millipede substrate should be crumbled decaying leaves, top soil, and flake soil. Without these three, your millipedes are essentially starving.
Hey buddy! I realised the errors of my ways with this one and made an updated video if you check my channel 😃
I expanded the setup and made sure I had EVERYTHING they need ❤️🌿😉
Love it, but I would advise against instant light charcoal as they usual are infused with flammable liquids such as paraffin
Hello! You’re absolutely right, this one was lumpwood charcoal which hasn’t been infused as that was my concern! I have since made another millipede terrarium which I much prefer on my channel but this one I still really enjoyed making! Thank you so much for watching 😃❤️
Thank you sir! Great work, you have a new subscriber
@@thecoupekid6868 thanks so much man! ❤️
If you haven’t yet, you can check the other millipede build out, it’s larger for them as they kept growing lol! 😃
those plants are perfect in there😍
Getting some giant millipedes soon and your video inspires me so much! 😊
That’s awesome! You’ll absolutely love them, they really are characters and when they get more used to handling they’re just really really fun to keep. Thank you for letting m know and for watching it means the world ❤️
Good luck on your journey! ❤️🍃
Can't wait for this, we've been planning to get one for a while but still at research stage! 😁
Awesome man! I love my two, they’re so cute, I love that they like different fruits daily so I make it my duty to give them a variety and banquet 😂
Haha they do look really cute!
Great video as always hope everyone is watching it all then rewatching for that watch time 😅👍🏻😀🐜🇬🇧🐜❤️🐜💜🐜💙🐜💚🐜
I appreciate you Mate!! So so much man you have no idea ❤️
@@AntScapes1 ❤️❤️
love this!! would you consider doing an update video sometime? i'm making preparations to do my own planted tank for my african giant, and i'd love to know if those plants worked out etc!!
Of course - I’ll do an update next week or this week or something, plants worked out absolutely fine, moss grew great. Only issue I had is that the lid wasn’t tall enough for the plants 😂. Constantly pushed up against the lid lol but thrive anyways 😀
Incoming Friday for the update! 😃😃
Stay tuned. Just very brief 😎
@@AntScapes1 perfect!! thank you so much :D
@@dakotalio6898 I got you ❤️
amazing!!! Thank you for sharing this experiece with us
Thank you for taking the time to comment & hopefully watch tomorrow 😃❤️
So pretty! I love this! Been thinking about getting some of these. Really great job, subscribing! 😁👍💕
Thank you Ashlee! I absolutely love them, although I don’t see them as much as I’d like to you love the moments you get & to hold etc haha 😃
This is so cool! Love it man!
Thank you dude ❤️
amazing i really enjoyed watching this :)
Nice video keep it up
Thank you, Francis! 😀❤️
I dont think a 30cm cube is big enough for a giant millipede?
Is nice to see someone making planted scaped for inverts though!
Hello! No it definitely isn’t - I actually made another setup for them around 3 months later once they had grown which is on my channel too if you have a little look 😄.
Thank you so so much!
It’s called something like “how to make setup for giant African millipedes #2” or something ❤️
Thank you for watching!!
What I dug up regarding for the sex of your millipedes:
"Male millipedes have gonopods in place of their legs, usually on their 7th body segment from the head. The gonopods are modified legs used for transferring the spermatophore to the female. In some millipede species, the gonopods are visible, while in others they are hidden. In either case, you should be able to identify a millipede as male by examining the underside of the 7th segment.
For species in which the male gonopods are visible, you will see two small stumps in place of a pair of legs. If the gonopods are hidden, you should notice a gap where the legs would be, as compared to any other segment on the body. In females, the 7th segment will look just like all the others, with two pairs of legs."
I hope this helps. Beautiful vivarium, by the by!
Thank you so much! That’s what I’ve been looking out for an tbh I think I’ve got all females for that matter so I may need to invest in some more and try get myself a male 😃.
Thank you so much for the help, I hope you’re doing well & thanks again for the kind words about the setup ❤️😃
@@AntScapes1 lol whoops! Don't worry, with enough careful searching, I'm sure you'll find a male to sweep both your lady millies off their many, many feet!
You're welcome, though~
Thank you again bud, I really hope so because I’d have loved to see them breeding. I often see them together but not with mating activity. I think my next project has to be my dart frogs
@@AntScapes1 When you do get a male for your millipedes, watch them closely, and see if they're willing to breed in the actual Vivarium. Some individuals are apparently picky on what counts as perfect conditions for the act. There was one fellow who had some unwilling to breed for many months, but one day a pair happened to escape in his car (he was transporting them, that's all I remember on it), and he found them locked together mid-copulation.
Ooh, dart frogs? That'll be a real nice build to see! Just be careful though: danger Kermit doesn't mess around.
@@fablevenuz8097 Hahaha wow that’s crazy! I have heard that they can be picky but I didn’t realise they can be so picky 😂
I guess it’s getting it perfect then but you’re not wrong about them being escape artists, they’ve got out a couple times but that’s only because I’m doing maintenance in the whole room and you’re talking only a minute between chopping fruit for them and then they escape 😂
That’s crazy though, it’s really cool too.
Haha thank you, but I’m still researching about them a lot as it would be sweet to have a pair too, then start breeding and making a tadpole setup too and have them in stages, but we will see. These are just hopeful future plans right now 😃
Hello! Recently set up a large tank and was wondering how much floorspace they need? Are they okay sliding through small gaps or do they need space between pieces of wood?
I’ve since upgraded the setup, but they say try get it the depth of the millipedes themselves as that’s suffice enough 😄🌱
Love this! I've been wanting to get giant african millipedes! I was wondering if you could link where you got the tank?
Hey Matt! Yeah of course, I’ll link it below, I believe since I got them, they’ve gone up in price but I think I must’ve been lucky at the time of buying them.
www.allpondsolutions.co.uk
This is the site 😃❤️
@@AntScapes1 Thanks so much!! You're getting me so excited about terrariums, loving your channel so much :D
Thank you Matt! That really does mean a lot you’re getting inspiration - I’ll make sure I keep the videos coming 😃❤️
cool
Thank you 😄
How's the ventilation? Did u close up that gap ?
Hey Ian! I ended up upgrading the setup they’re in which is also on my channel 😃❤️
What do you do when the poop builds up and you have to change the substrate? Or when they’ve eaten through a lot of the substrate?
Hey! The poop doesn’t really gather but everything else inside just eats it or it decomposes & feeds the plants. I haven’t really had to worry about that - the soil isn’t the only thing I feed alongside potato, fruit/veg, sugar pots & protein - the only thing I dislike is they’re eating the moss 😂 but that’a more so it stays nice looking lol! The soil would take a long time to go - plus if it does you can just add a little back in it won’t harm them 😃
Thanks for a answering! That makes sense, especially since you have a ton of other little critters after re-doing the millipede set-up. I keep seeing people say to change the substrate when you see the fecal matter start to cover the surface but I want to have at least one plant in my soon-to-be enclosure (for ivory millipedes) so I’m glad for you explaining it.
@@MaleficentHipster I mean there may be some people who have other useful tips & things too but I’ve never seen the poop build up inside the enclosure so I haven’t worried about it! Plus it just seems like things eat it anyways - I love ivory millipedes they’re so cute!!
I got some bumblebee Millie’s the other day and I love them - I hope your build goes okay, don’t forget to share some pics with me on Instagram 😃❤️
Well most of the videos I’ve seen people don’t have live plants and they also only have springtails in with their millies. A lot of people don’t put in isopods because isos might eat baby millies or even attack them after a molt. I’m going to have springtails and isopods and, like you said, make sure to provide plenty of food.
I’ve been browsing for bumblebees too! I want to have them on their own but also want to use them as part of a cleanup crew for my Brazilian rainbow boa. Can’t wait to see yours!
Is the plant a young parlor palm? 😁
Hey buddy! Yeah, it’s part of the Aercoideae family. Not actually sure which one exactly but with it being relatively small at the moment I’ll have to try make sure it stays small haha 😂. Great knowledge though bud 😃
@@AntScapes1 I’m using a similar plant for an island formicarium
Is there a update to these guys?
On my 2 years old vivarium, they went into that in the end. The video is also on this channel 😄
But first, I made a new and bigger home for them which is also on here! ☺️
✌️😎
They will escape from the gap
I set this up over a year ago & I never had any problems with it! They didn’t escape but I moved them into a larger enclosure once they’d reached a bigger size which is also on this channel (build video)! ❤️
Thank you for watching
what do you feed a millipede also im looking forward to seeing this build.
I feed it calcium powder, fruit & veg, I take any left over food out each day & give it fresh the next 😀
What brand of terrariums are theses???
They’re from all pond solutions,I got them on last year Black Friday sale but they were “opti-white” tanks 😄
you NEED more subs-
Haha thank you! I hope so, we just keep going though man it doesn’t matter 😃
I hope you’ve had an awesome day & night Jamie ❤️
@@AntScapes1 You too! I just set up a millipede terrarium, thanks for your tutorial! They love it lol
@@catswampy sounds awesome buddy! You’ll have to send me a picture on Instagram or something 😃
@@AntScapes1 Sadly, my device is being weird and wont let me download anything at the moment, wont even let me launch google play :,)
@@catswampy it’s all good! Just whenever you can bud - would be awesome to see what you’ve cooked up 😄
Have an awesome day ❤️
That is cool
Thank you! 😀
@@AntScapes1 You get a chance to watch my Sunday ant release? One of my favorite so far, that I put together.
Wow this is beautiful 😻
Thank you, Charlotte! I made a video called “I changed my mind” and altered the design slightly 😃. Hope you’re safe & well! 😃❤️
@@AntScapes1 I’ve just watched that 😂 I’m great, just trying to convince myself I don’t need a millipede...
@@charlottesmith8439 Lmao. Then you’d be wrong! 😂 - I love having mine, I never thought of it before until I saw them in the shop and they were so pretty 😍. Also felt super sorry for them in those little tubs!
Well I accidentally have a tiny native one in my native terrarium jar which happened to be in the soil that I picked up😅 I might sneak a Burmese millipede in with my custodian order 🤫
@@charlottesmith8439 haha! Well if anyone asks you I can just say “oh wow, didn’t realise these were in the soil I picked up” 😯. Just act shocked and no one will know! 😂
I build a terrarium myself but it does not look as good as this
Art is subjective I bet you it looks just as awesome Gabriel ❤️
hey, so i have a question about setting up their enclosure. after the drainage layer, should i add millipede mulch or the soil first? if i add the mulch first, how would i eventually replace it? also, i noticed that ur tank didn't have a top on it, and i heard that u should in case ur millipede escapes. if i were to get that enclosure, what would i use for hte top? thank u, and give any tips; im getting a giant pink legged millipede soon!
You just need to make sure you’re adding enough Mulch & larger pieces of wood within the setup, I haven’t had problems with things going or being fully used up and I’ve had it 2 years now. So I’d always just say to you that you need to get a decent size enclosure and add as much as possible. Regarding the order of mulch or soil first, I’d say add your mulch in with your soil, just mix it all together with the charcoal etc..
drainage first
Membrane second
Soil mix
Then plant and moss it up
Done 😄
Thank you so much for watching too ❤️
Giant pinks are so so cool too, I hope you have the best journey. Make sure you keep me up to date 😄
hey btw i subbed to you on 2 more accounts my school account and my other personal account :)
You’re a legend brother! I appreciate it more than you’ll know ❤️😃
these guys give me the heebie jeebies haha
Haha! I think they’re cute but I understand why 😂
A natural terarrium with plactic plants
Lmao, they’re definitely not plastic buddy 🤣.
Parlor palm & Fittonia went into this though if you’re wondering 😄❤️
Thanks so much for watching too Soep!
Update?
I’ll give you an update soon! In the next couple weeks. I promise you that as I’ve been meaning too for a while. I did, however, make a larger setup for these which you can see on my channel. I have shorts and also a animal room tour update which is a 4 minute update at the start with them too ❤️
Thank you for watching Isha!
Music is too loud....u can play bird calls or something more natural
It definitely is lol! I need to get better at editing plus I was still so new to CZcams and never edited. Thank you for helping me ❤️
@@AntScapes1 editing is fine.content is what finally matters.
@@vidaripollen thank you bud! I hope you have a lovely weekend ❤️
How to tell if a giant millipede is male or female
At the tip of the "tail" there's legs all the way to the end its a male
If not female
Thank you very much! I’ve since found I have 1 male and 3 females (I purchased an extra(male).
Thank you for watching too ❤️
That's not right. If you count the legs from the head if the seventh pair is missing,you'll see some spurs which is a male
Where did you get the millipedes from?
Just a local reptile/invert store. But there’s plenty of UK stores that sell them too bud ☺️