r/isopods Oct 31 '25

News/Education We just published a paper on the isopod trade! Summary in the comments

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r/isopods 3d ago

Weekly Discussion Small Business Sunday! Vendors and Reviews!

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Happy Sunday, everyone! ✨

Welcome to our Small Business Sunday showcase!

This weekly thread is dedicated to all the vendors AND creators in our community. It's your chance to share your isopod related passion projects and small businesses with us!

  • Share a link to your website, Etsy, Instagram, or wherever we can find you. πŸ”—
  • Running a sale or have a special promo code? Let us know so we can support you! πŸ’°

*(As a friendly reminder, please keep all business promotion to this thread. All transactions are between the buyer and seller.)*

Have a vendor review? Feel free to post it here!

See past small business sunday posts here


r/isopods 4h ago

Media Adorable isopod toy

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I got a present! πŸ’


r/isopods 20h ago

DIY My isopod cake for my bday

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Its a baby isopod bc the 7th pair of legs didnt fit
Funfetti flavored


r/isopods 13h ago

Media A mother rubber ducky with her tiny mancae. πŸ₯

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r/isopods 44m ago

Media This behemoth 😲

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P. hoffmannseggi Orange

Might be the biggest one I've ever seen. Cubaris murina Glacier for scale.


r/isopods 3h ago

Media I created a magic potion suncatcher to put on the glass of my tank!

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It's a window cling that sticks to glass without adhesive, so it doesn't leave any residue behind :) This is my own artwork! Magic potions in a magic potion bottle <3


r/isopods 6h ago

Memes On Wednesday’s, we wear pink πŸŽ€πŸŒΈ

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r/isopods 5h ago

Help So many babies!

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I’m going to be completely honest here. I thought they would have all died by now. If you don’t know the backstory. Here it is: my brother decided to buy my son (his nephew) isopods πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ my son is 2. So whose job is it? Mine! 😭 they grew on me. They are actually pretty cute! Not thinking this far ahead. I only had them since may and I need to clean the tank. Most definitely and control the gnat problem 😩 I already have a solution for that. My problem is cleaning the tank now. How TF am I suppose to clean it with all these little ISO-Babies running around?? In June I cleaned it out and was actually able to pluck out all the babies. Only 1 adult died 😞 but I think it was on its way out anyways. So point of all this is. How TF am I suppose to manage so many of these? And how TF and I suppose to clean!? I have springtails doing their work in there of course so how am I suppose to keep those alive while cleaning too? They must be pretty happy if they are reproducing πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ


r/isopods 20h ago

Media Active birth

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Caught one of my Orange crushes giving birth 🀩 you go queen


r/isopods 1h ago

Media Pleasant surprise in with my powder blues/oranges

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I have a mix of powder oranges and blues in my snake's bioactive terrarium but I spotted this pretty pal today! A pleasant surprise for sure :) I hope I see them again.


r/isopods 36m ago

Media Isopod life under grow lights.

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All living things deserve light. ✨️

Not sure if their behavior is different in light or darkness, they have always been in living terrariums under my care.

When I got my duckies people said I would never see them, but under the cover of jungle they are visible.


r/isopods 5h ago

Media been working on labels for my pod enclosures!

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have had so much fun drawing isopods over the past few days :))) these are my prototypes !


r/isopods 1h ago

Help Vulgare vs. Granulatum

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Am I accidentally keeping 2 species together? I’m not confident in telling the difference, but am I right that picture 1 is vulgare and 2 is granulatum?


r/isopods 1h ago

Identification Who is this?

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Found a spotted guy in my White Pearls. Who is he? Shape-wise he looks like Armadillidium, but I'm not sure.


r/isopods 3h ago

Help Need isopod suggestions

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Posting to the pod sub too for some extra advice, thanks!


r/isopods 1h ago

Media The tiniest fishbone 🀏

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I fed my isopods a few tiny dried fish a few days ago and they only left the tiniest fishbone 😍 they seem to love dried fish


r/isopods 9h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) My new isopods

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This are my new isopods got them from a bredder nearby and i hope the fell safe and advice would be nice thanks


r/isopods 5h ago

Help Sourcing?

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Hi friends! Question, where do y'all source your isopods? The ones I have now I got from a pet fair, but I want more and don't know where to get them. I was already looking at some places, but I was wondering where y'all like to go! Thank ya ahead of time :)


r/isopods 19h ago

DIY New 80 gallon setup for Rubber Duckies and Grove snails for my daughter's birthday

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Totally forgot to buy fishing line to secure the moss to the driftwood so ignore how loose it is at the moment.

Plenty of hidey holes for the snails and the pods, and the driftwood (from a local lake and thoroughly sanitized ) has a large hollow interior for the pods to chill in. Added my springtails earlier and they're having a field day. Waiting for the plants to root down for a few more days while I recover from eye surgery then I'll add the critters.

Over two days, it's stayed at 72% humidity and 73F so it should do just fine I think. The moisture zones go left to right with the right side being driest and the left side with plants staying wettest.

If anyone sees any glaring issues let me know! (please)


r/isopods 15h ago

Media Luch time for my cherry pods

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r/isopods 1d ago

Media So close, buddy!

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That's not the food!

As soon as I put the food in front of him, he ran to my finger and started chewing.

Ligia Exotica


r/isopods 1d ago

Media Pineapple Spiky (Cristarmadillidium murcatum) 🍍

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r/isopods 19h ago

Media The youth yearn for freshly misted sticks

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P. laevis β€œorange” kids about two weeks old and VERY excited to be out and about! I love how active my terrariums are, I get to enjoy all this right by my desk :)


r/isopods 3h ago

Media Webbrowser game - Spinny-roly 64

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I just saw this fun game from creator Nomnom for the Very Serious Juniper Dev Game Jam.
Its similar to a Mario 64. Its probably not something you're going to spend multiple hours on, the whole game was made in less than a week, but its fun bouncing around, squashing ladybugs and doing rolypoly parkour while collecting crystals.

I have no affiliation with Nomnom or Juniper Dev, just an isopod fan and gaming fan..