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Post by whodoesntlovesnails on Feb 20, 2008 0:03:59 GMT
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Post by katherineh on Feb 20, 2008 10:01:18 GMT
In the UK we call these woodlice, and lots of people use them as "tank custodians" to clean up debris in snail and other invertebrate tanks. So yes, it should be fine.
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Post by coyote on Feb 20, 2008 19:33:34 GMT
I keep a few pillbugs in my aspersa tank. I find them in my yard. They do fine.
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Post by whodoesntlovesnails on Feb 20, 2008 23:57:06 GMT
oh, ok, i just didnt want to take any chances. in california, we have four names for them: 1)sow bugs 2) pill bugs 3) woodlouse
4)crunch bugs (because they crunch when u step on them)
does anybody know what they eat, so i can feed them properly?
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Post by coyote on Feb 22, 2008 0:41:00 GMT
They eat snail poop as well as decaying vegetable matter. They scavenge, basically. Whatever leftovers your snails don't eat, they will.
BTW, pillbugs roll up when you touch them, but sowbugs cannot roll up due to a different kind of anatomical structure. They are 2 different kinds of isopods.
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Post by whodoesntlovesnails on Feb 22, 2008 1:40:58 GMT
yes, i have seen both types of isopods, but most people just call them by the same name.
-miley
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Post by coyote on Feb 22, 2008 19:44:29 GMT
Someone I know calls them doodlebugs. Someone else I know calls them roly-polys. I guess there are lots of different regional names for them.
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Post by whodoesntlovesnails on Feb 22, 2008 23:07:54 GMT
yeah, there are so many names for them, but i am just glad that they wont do any harm to my snails.
-miley
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