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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jenniferinfl" data-source="post: 198220" data-attributes="member: 37398">Oh yeah, the ones I bought will just be pets. I set them up in their own enclosure right away, they were going to be a starter culture if they were the right kind. They are definitely the wrong species to go in with tarantulas, already found that out with a bit of reading. I don't particularly mind, I doubt they'll be my last isopods anyways. I'd love to get some rubber duckie isopods, but, going to wait and see if these guys continue to reproduce and so on before making that leap.For what it's worth, I kept planted aquariums for a long time. Comparatively speaking, bioactive tarantula enclosures seem a lot easier, but we'll see. I have temperate and tropical springtail cultures going, but, won't be using them until I'm actually using my adult size enclosures. I kept all my led growlights when I got out of fish, they're on the basic side, but, if they'll grow submerged plants they'll grow regular plants even better. I have a bunch of terrarium plant cuttings already going, something like 10 kinds of pothos and some interesting small ferns and so on. As soon as my cuttings are rooted enough, I'll setup my adult enclosures so the plants can grow into the enclosure before I add the tarantula. That's when I'd setup isopods and springtails, provided I've bought the right isopods by then.</blockquote>