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Cleaner Crews: 10gal Kit w/ Powder Blue Isopods- Reptanicals

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Natural  Organic  Captive Bred
             
Ready to go Porcellionides pruinosus (Powder Blue)
Cleaner Crew: Isopod and Springtail Kit for 10 gallon Bio-Active Terrarium.
                   
Add entire contents of kit to new or established terrarium. Isopods and springtails should establish themselves in 1-2 weeks. 
     
Each kit contains: at least 20 isopods, including adults and juveniles
300+ Springtails
Cuttlebone
Sphagnum Moss
Cork pieces
Breeding substrate
26oz isopod enclosure
             
Add one kit per 10gal of enclosure size. (Ex: 20 gal terrarium requires 2 kits.)
                
Isopods and springtails are gaining popularity in the reptile industry for a number of very good reasons. They are natures' janitorial crews! Add them to your home enclosure to create a Bio-Active ecosystem like nature intended. Springtails and Isopods reduce mold, feces, decaying matter, and improve substrate health! All while providing a calcium rich, nutritious snack for your critters to enjoy any time they wish.   
   

Porcellionides pruinosus or Powder Blue isopods, are a hardy species that reproduces quickly once established. Powder Blues are especially fond of leftover cricket legs and mealworm sheds. Add them to a terrarium with messy eaters that don't finish all their food. These isopods are large (for cleaners), active, colorful and extremely fast! They look grey when immature and become a beautiful powdery blue color in adulthood (hence the name!)

Enclosure larger than 10 gallons? If you're looking to breed these isopods outside of a vivarium, we'd recommend keeping them in one of our Cleaner Breeder Boxes for easy care and to ensure the health of your isopods. 

 

Difficulty: Beginner

Size: .5 inches.

Housing: Plastic storage bin or glass terrarium

Food Preferences: Vegetables, dried leaves, grasses, decaying matter, Reptanicals Isopod Feeder Feast, Reptanicals Springtail Feast

Temp Requirements: approx. 65 Degrees to 85 Degrees. Extreme cold and heat can be lethal

Breeding: Easy - with proper care sub-adults will begin to breed before reaching full size

Substrate: Coconut coir, peat moss, or Reptisoil, slightly moist with a layer of leaf litter

Humidity: slightly humid     

               

Our Isopods are fed a mix of organic vegetables and mushrooms twice weekly in addition to our own supplemental food. They are kept on coconut coir substrate with moist sphagnum moss to help maintain humidity, provided cuttlebone for calcium, and cork hides for enrichment.

Dont forget to pick up our Reptanicals Isopod Feeder Feast, a great nutritional addition to fresh food, such as vegetables like carrots. Some isopods, if starved, can consume or chew on delicate critters. Developed by biologists our premium protein packed blend of vitamins minerals and nutrients make the perfect food isopods desire and provide healthy meals for reptiles that comsume them!

 

   We have other Reptanicals Cleaner Crew Kits available

    

  For more information, check out our page about going Bio-Active!

 

All live animals are shipped either express or priority mail Monday-Wednesday. Orders placed on or after Wednesday at noon will ship the following Monday to avoid spending the weekend at the post office or on a truck. Someone must be present to accept package delivery.

Live arrival guarantee only for orders shipped when temperatures exceed 45*F. Heat packs can be purchased for colder temps, and are suggested for temps under 65*F. Cold packs are available for purchase during higher temps, and are suggested at 80*F+. Live arrival guarantee is void for temps exceeding 100*F.

 

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