Glomeris sp. (European Pill Millipede) Care
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- How I take care of my lovely European pill mills. One thing I forgot to mention is that these guys also need calcium just like Isopods. I provide in the form of egg shells and cuttlebone. They also like vegetables like carrots and squash as well as treats like repashy morning wood.
Species in this bin are pulchra, ornata, pustulata, tetrasticha, undulata, and lastly hexasticha (which I forgot to mention).
Best n only care guide I trust thanks man just found out these exist and saw some good ones I liked in Texas. Might try them out.
Great video Eli. Thanks for sharing. For the most part, are people reproducing the Glomeris in captivity (I know you are with your skills :)
They reproduce quite slowly. Taking a while to grow and having small broods. But they are by far the ones being bred the most in captivity. Quite easy when you get them set up right. Just takes patience These and their Thai counterparts Rhopalomeris. But even with those many are wild caught.
i just subscribed Wally Kern sent me to your channel keep up the great work
Did these do well for you? How long were you able to keep them? Did they breed well?
Yes they do very well but they are a bit temp sensitive. They decline in temps above like 80 degrees for very long.
Do you buy all the leaves dirt moss ect or do you get it from the woods?
I collect in the field. Too expensive to source elsewhere and we have good stuff here.
I heard baking kills the good stuff and the bad stuff. Can you tell me about your experience?
I don't really recommend baking anymore. Putting in a sealed opaque trash bag or something and leaving in the sun for a couple days is more than enough to kill anything harmful and leave the good stuff in tact
Aren't you worried of them hybridizing due to being together?
Hybridization has not yet been observed in Diplopoda (millipedes). It is either not possible or exceedingly rare. F1 hybrids would likely not even be fertile in the 1 in a billion chance they occurred.
Love the pill millipedes but seems more difficult to keep than isopods
I think they're way easier than some species of Isopods. Especially some of the pickier Spanish and Asian species. They just need a bit more complicated setup. But once you have their setup and temps right they're not bad at all.
Can I know where I can get some? Currently I have Glomeris marginata. I'm willing to buy or trade, I got some cool options to trade for I believe...
For a long time I have had a pretty principled stance on the channel being educational only. I don't do sales/sourcing/advertising through the channel. But I wish you luck.
Is it difficult to differentiate between the different species of glomeris?
Depends. Some are quite obvious others require a much closer look.
@@elcastro5000 thank you. You have inspired my interest with your education.
What is the minimum tank size
They can do well in a shoebox but bigger is always better. Deeper substrate that is high quality if the big thing.
Are they stll alive? And are they reproducing? I want to get some but I'm scared that they're as fragile as tropical species.
Yes and yes. They are not like the African and Asian species. The are impossible to keep alive in captivity due to a symbiotic relationship with the bacteria and fungi in their digestive system that usually die and cause the millipede to starve in captivity.
Not the case with glomeris.
Hey I had some Glomeris in a box with some Armadillidium, and I don't know why they all died but the Armadillidium have lots of babies. Do you know if there can be some probleme putting these two together or if they have different habitat (dont think so) ? also do you know how much water should we put and how often ? Thanks
Watch my glomeris care video. They do have different care from Isopods and they shouldn't be housed with Isopods. The Isopods will out compete and stress the docile and slow growing/breeding glomeris.
@@elcastro5000 Okay thanks! also have you ever noticed some kind of "grey stain" like the shell is becoming grey at some tiny part, idk what it is, some kind of infection/fungi ?
Hm. I'd need a picture to know exactly what you're talking about. But sometimes you can see what's in their gut if it's dark enough. Could also be them getting ready for a molt.
08:56 miauuoowwww...
Can they not hybridize? I know that has been an issue with other millipede species in the past...
It's never been observed. They evolved similar reproductive organs as isopods and the different species are incompatible with each other like Isopods.
@@elcastro5000 Good to know, glad these pillapedes can't hybridize, (maybe because they have overlapping ranges?), unfortunately the same can't be said for some of the exotic Tonkinbolus and Anadenobolus spp... 😬
@@InvertebrateDude Yup. With the exception of G. pulchra (which are from Croatia) all of my original group of pill mills were found within a mile or so of each other in central Germany.
@@elcastro5000 Ah that makes sense, they'd definitely have to have significant differences in genitalia structure if they live in such close proximity, to prevent hybridising. :) Very cool, hope yours continue to thrive for you!
Do captive bred Glomeris need a PPQ 526 permit to ship too...? :O
Yuuup
Most millipedes do
Ok, gotcha.
Do you sell online ? I'm in Alabama ?
Can you sell me some?