07/05/2025
The isopod overflow bin got some love today! I've been potato trapping isopods and trying to get the numbers down in my 55 gallon tank. This is their newish digs (it sits on top of the 75 gallon tank so it gets enough heat). They got a little water dish also - but I added it after moving the bin back to where it permanently lives.
They got fed - figs dusted in calcium powder, a dried veggie mix, chicken feathers, shell pieces, a few mealworms, a cod skin & beef trachea piece, lots of leaves, flowers and bark pieces. They get fresh food scraps about 3 times a week and I usually leave the potato in the bin for a day or so when I add new isopods.
I don't refresh their food or foraging as much as the crabs but sometimes I'll toss in the crabs old food or any leftover calcium/worm castings.