Rollie Pollie Crazy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:34 pm

So I've been telling the kids to watch for them for me since I'm gonna need like 50+ of them for my tank and today they came running in the house screaming ROLLIE POLLIES!! and asked for something to put them in...I give them a Jar and they run off and come back with about 10-15 medium-large ones and 20-30 babies lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:03 pm

what's a rollie pollie?!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:03 pm

I gotta ask.... what are you using them for?

Kilimanjaro · Post by **Kilimanjaro** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:07 pm

Rollie Pollies...commonly known as Pill Bugs, Ball Bugs, Potato Bugs, Woodlice. Here is a link to an image:
Rollie Pollie!

Thoughts is using them as a cleaning control team! They clean up the messes made by the crabs. They handle issues like poop, mold (I think), and food messes. They are really useful. Plus, if they die, the crabs get extra protein.

Congrats on the bugs, Thoughts! :roll:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:12 pm

Yeah they will eat all the stuff Kili said, and pretty much keep my EE clean

and yeah Kili they eat mold spores. only 1 braved the sand side so far all the others flocked to the EE and dug under lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:57 am

So how do you determine how many to put in the tank?

MudCrabDude · Post by **MudCrabDude** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:04 pm

Fascinating!

Tetracolor · Post by **Tetracolor** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:55 pm

Congrats on the bug find!

I don't think I've ever congratulated someone on bugs before now!

wickedannabella · Post by **wickedannabella** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:36 pm

I have those danged springtails...they're so annoying, but I hear they do pretty much the same thing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:08 pm

i use rollie pollies in my 20 gal. tank, they are very handy in keeping the substrate clean ^^ (i use coconut fiber and moss mix)

Jedediah · Post by **Jedediah** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:57 am

Springtails are nice to have in the tank and since they tend to come back anyway, just like booklice, you can keep them and safe yourself the deep clean-trouble

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:42 pm

WhizkidsMom wrote:So how do you determine how many to put in the tank?

I'm not sure how to determine the right amount to put in, I figured I would put a 1:1 rollie pollie to crab ratio lol so each crabby has their own Janitor.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:11 pm

Looks like I'm going to have to send the kid bug searching....

I like this idea. Thought!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:37 pm

okay so i used to play with rollie pollies when i was little. i just have a hard time putting a bug in my tat.....but maybe i'll try it anyway.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:42 pm

Any chance of nasty parasites when you have pillbugs in your tank? I know that you can't feed turtles wild worms because of parasites, but is this problem also present between pillbugs and hermies?

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Rollie Pollie Crazy

Rollie Pollie Crazy

I have rollie pollies also!