r/InvertPets • u/CrosshairedSpecular • 11d ago

Need help! What could fit in here?

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I’m looking for a starter pet (this would be my first time) that could live in a tank this large? I want to give it a good quality life. A BDFB is likely the easiest choice but I’d be grateful for other suggestions.

(Dimensions are 7.9 x 7.9 x 5.7 inches)

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u/natt_myco 11d ago

probably like some bugs

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u/lone-reader-mailbox 9d ago

yup, at least one. maybe even two

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/StephensSurrealSouls There is alot of flairs. 10d ago

I think stick insects are arboreal and 6 inch height is no where near enough, though someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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u/cvlico 10d ago

oh shoot, definitely not a good suggestion then. thanks for letting me know

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u/ape-shapedSnail 11d ago

Lots of options for small scorpions, spiders or a small colony of beetles or roaches if those are anything you are interested in

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u/typhochlaena0 11d ago

millipede

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u/deusinabsentiia 11d ago

dwarf tarantula species maybe? sure a cyriocosmus sp would love this

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u/Usual-Presentation27 11d ago

You could turn it bioactive and start an isopod colony

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u/One-plankton- 10d ago

Way to small for isopods

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u/Usual-Presentation27 10d ago

No offense but have you seen how small some of them are? They literally burrow and hide too. Plenty of space for them if its a bioactive enclosure

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u/One-plankton- 10d ago

They need a moisture gradient and soil deep enough to burrow plus a layer of leaf litter- this isn’t big enough.

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u/Usual-Presentation27 10d ago

They thrive in any bioactive terrarium, under random logs and random sidewalks. I keep multiple colonies of my own and they are thriving. I think you underestimate how small some species can be and how hardy they are. Trust me, they will be fine if they keep a small species of isopod in there🙄

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u/JewelJuju 10d ago

I’ve been successfully keeping lots of species in 6qt bins for 5 years. If the population truly gets too large after a while then I start a new 6qt bin lol. Big enough for moisture gradient and like 3-4 inches of substrate is enough.

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u/One-plankton- 10d ago

I have various species, they do not thrive in containers this small. A colony would grow out of it fast too- mine are outgrowing their 5g enclosures right now.

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u/LittleZonk 10d ago

The picture might not show the dimensions well or something, but to me this looks fine to start? I've seen people start (a key word here I suppose) colonies in much smaller looking bins like the plastic shoe boxes from Walmart

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u/SweetAsACoyote 10d ago edited 10d ago

What type of isopods need over a gallon? I keep swift woodlouse and common pill bugs, and they are more than comfortable in their gallon tanks

Edit: coming back to this comment, I realize some of this sounds sarcastic and that was not my intention. I was genuinely curious! I keep my isopods with my brown garden snails, and they're all getting upgraded to bigger tanks soon :)

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u/One-plankton- 10d ago

Check in over at r/isopods the recommendation is 3-4” of soil and 1-2” of leaf litter with at least 10” of space horizontally for a proper moisture gradient

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u/SweetAsACoyote 10d ago

Thank you! Appreciated

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u/beaniebabydeer 10d ago

No.. no it’s not..

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u/BrownCatBlue 11d ago

I like garden snails. Daisy and Rosie both live in separate homes and do fine, so you can only have one.

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u/cvlico 11d ago

this is too small for most snails, maybe a few garlic snails. they like to have space to move around and need deep enough enclosures to bury themselves

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u/Ok-Needleworker3393 10d ago

tarantula? scorpion?

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u/leamnb 10d ago

Tarantula needs cross ventilation

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u/guacamoleo 10d ago

A couple smoky oak millipedes

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u/theAshleyRouge 10d ago

Dwarf tarantula

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u/Superb_Cellist_1675 10d ago

Perfect for a tin of salmon

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u/Saddy_Long_Legs213 9d ago

At least 100 gummy worms.

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u/InkyBinkyBonk 7d ago

1 million ants

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u/Still-Inflation9175 7d ago

a human baby

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u/plosible_deniability 11d ago

A jumping spider would love this

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u/stonerPI 11d ago

Jumpers need more verticality than width and also require cross ventilation holes. Also a bad option for jumpers if this enclosure opens from the top as they spend a majority of their lives in the tops of their enclosures and the opening mechanism could disrupt their hammocks.