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Armadillidum klugii keep dying - please help! :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 198769" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>Thanks very much for the info! I will have a think more about the ventilation then. I did put what I thought was lots of holes down the sides for cross-ventilation, but maybe they need a bigger hole on the top with netting across. But yeah I did read that regarding the range of isopods now kept and how some of them are from drier areas. </p><p></p><p>For the heat, we are having a heat wave in the UK at the moment but where I keep them is usually 73.4F (23 degrees celsius), 24 degrees C max in the daytime. I had read that Armadillidium also shouldn't get too cold, so in the previous enclosure where most of them died, when the weather was colder (my room could go down to 59F at night) I had one side of the enclosure heated to 73.4 F by a nearby oil radiator. Was this too hot/ do you think the radiator might have been the cause of them drying out?</p><p></p><p>Is mould rarely an issue because they eat it? </p><p></p><p>I really like how your blog is organised btw, with all the species in alphabetical order down the side <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 198769, member: 31253"] Thanks very much for the info! I will have a think more about the ventilation then. I did put what I thought was lots of holes down the sides for cross-ventilation, but maybe they need a bigger hole on the top with netting across. But yeah I did read that regarding the range of isopods now kept and how some of them are from drier areas. For the heat, we are having a heat wave in the UK at the moment but where I keep them is usually 73.4F (23 degrees celsius), 24 degrees C max in the daytime. I had read that Armadillidium also shouldn't get too cold, so in the previous enclosure where most of them died, when the weather was colder (my room could go down to 59F at night) I had one side of the enclosure heated to 73.4 F by a nearby oil radiator. Was this too hot/ do you think the radiator might have been the cause of them drying out? Is mould rarely an issue because they eat it? I really like how your blog is organised btw, with all the species in alphabetical order down the side :) [/QUOTE]
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