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Rollie Pollie Crazy
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:34 pm
by Guest
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
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:03 pm
by Guest
what's a rollie pollie?!
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:03 pm
by Guest
I gotta ask.... what are you using them for?
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:07 pm
by Kilimanjaro
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:
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:12 pm
by Guest
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
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:57 am
by Guest
So how do you determine how many to put in the tank?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:04 pm
by MudCrabDude
Fascinating!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:55 pm
by Tetracolor
Congrats on the bug find!
I don't think I've ever congratulated someone on bugs before now!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:36 pm
by wickedannabella
I have those danged springtails...they're so annoying, but I hear they do pretty much the same thing.
I have rollie pollies also!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:08 pm
by Guest
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)
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:57 am
by Jedediah
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
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:42 pm
by Guest
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:11 pm
by Guest
Looks like I'm going to have to send the kid bug searching....
I like this idea. Thought!!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:37 pm
by Guest
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:42 pm
by Guest
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?
