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Vivarium Naturals - Bio-Thrive for Millipedes & Isopods 3lb. Bags

Formulated specifically for Millipedes and works great for Isopods as well.

Blended Sphagnopsida moss, Calcium (CaO) infused Hardwood oak pulp, tree fern fiber, and a hand-crafted Bio Active boost rich in important microbial populations, and minerals. Just add crushed Vivarium Naturals Brand leaves to the surface, some rotten hardwood and your millipedes will thrive. 100% Coco Coir & Top Soil Free.

For Millipedes: Moisten, but not saturated. Fill the enclosure with Vivarium Naturals Brand Bio-Thrive Substrate as deep as your millipede is long. Replace when substrate becomes uniform (resembling garden soil) or eaten substrate (appears as small balls) makes up more than half the substrate. Add some Vivarium Naturals Brand Rotten Hardwood to the surface along with Vivarium Naturals Hardwood Leaves.

Enclosure: Use a spacious terrarium or glass tank to house millipedes, ensuring adequate ventilation while maintaining high humidity levels. The enclosure size should be suitable for the number of millipedes you intend to keep, allowing ample space for movement and burrowing.

Substrate: Provide a deep layer of moist substrate to mimic the forest floor. Vivarium Naturals – Bio Thrive Millipede Substrate comes highly recommended and is the substrate we use to house and/or breed our millipedes. Vivarium Naturals Brand also offers packaged Premium Rotten Hard Wood and Premium Dried & Aged Hardwood Leaf Litter. All is readily available on the TDF website. Bio Thrive Millipede Substrate maintains moisture without becoming waterlogged and provides adequate burrowing opportunities along with aged hardwood oak pulp integrated into the product. Always crush your leaves before placing spreading them over your Bio Thrive Substrate. Then place the Vivarium Naturals - Premium Rotten Hardwood on top of the crushed leaves. Crushed leaves are eaten more often than the large pieces that always remain after the crushed have been consumed. ALWAYS CRUSH YOUR LEAVES.

Some species like it warmer, average temperatures from 80 to 87F, Jamaican Bumble Bees and Scarlett Millipedes are just a few common species in the trade that require more heat for optimal health.


Diet and Nutrition

1. Aged Hardwood Leaves: Millipedes are detritivores, primarily feeding on decaying plant matter, leaf litter, and rotten wood. Vivarium Naturals - Aged Harwood Leaves are available on our website in 4 qt bags. We carry multiple types of Aged Hardwood leaves for your millipedes. For optimal digestion it is best to use Dried Hardwood leaves that have been aged. Vivarium Naturals Brand of Hardwood Leaves are aged for 12 months in a type of semi composted state that promotes the perfect level of decomposition optimal for millipede nutrition and digestion.

2. Rotten Wood: Good quality rotten hardwood is important, never use pine. The rotten hardwood must be soft from decomposition but not so decomposed that all the cellulose is gone. Cellulose gives it a spongy texture and is very important to the millipede’s nutrition. Rotten wood that has lost all of its cellulose is brittle and darkened. Hardwood that is not white, such as walnut, or mahogany is just harder to ascertain if the nutritional cellulose is present, if its spongy its good. Vivarium Naturals - Premium Rotten Wood is exactly what they need and is available on the TDF website.

3. Millipede Substrate: TDF highly recommends Vivarium Naturals Bio-Thrive Millipede Substrate. We have been using this product for years producing some of the most exotic millipedes in the U.S.A. with great success.

The substrate should be moist, not wet, when you squeeze a handful as tight as you can, water should not expel from your hands.

A good way to see what I’m saying is to mix some Vivarium Naturals Bio-Thrive Millipede Substrate in a small container and make it muddy wet, then take some out and squeeze the mother lovin’ hell out of it until no more water expels from the clutches of your greedy little millipede loving hand. When you open your hand, there you are! That’s the way you want it. Im not saying to do this every time, but now you understand and can mix accordingly.

Fill your chosen container, tub, etc. with properly moistened Bio-Thrive Millipede Substrate at a depth that is as deep as your millipede’s average length. You can go 1.5 times the length but not more as it’s too much compounding weight for the given size of your millipede. You want them to be able to manage things down there without to much weight from the substrate looming above.