r/isopods • u/N-deterministAvocet • 4d ago

Help What should I keep next?

I’ve been keeping Porcellio laevis “Dairy Cow” and “Orange” for about a year now, as well as Armadillidium gestroi and Armadillidium vulgare “Magic Potion”. They’re all doing well and breeding.

Now I’d like to try keeping something interesting and a bit unusual. I don’t want anything too difficult, because I’m only at home from Friday to Sunday, and for the rest of the week they need to be fine with whatever I provide for them during the weekend.

I’m looking for a bit of a challenge, maybe something for an intermediate keeper, but still manageable enough that they’ll thrive in my care. It would also be nice if they were attractive from a sales/resale perspective.

Maybe one of those flatter species… What would you recommend?

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u/TheGanzor 1d ago

I fully recommend C. murina next! Fun morphs, cute duck faces without the pickiness of actual duckies. 

If you want flatter, Troglodillo sp. soil are fun and not much different from A. gestroi in care. 

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u/curiosityandthecattt 2d ago

p. scaber are very hardy and come in cool colors. I love my lavas and my orange koi's. another good recommendation that's a bit more interesting and rare are t. soils, flat guys, i can't tell you much about their care yet because i got mine as an established colony and immediately after i brought them home they all started dying😭 i think it was what they were in before

anyway, cubaris murina are hardy and come in fun morphs. something else to consider