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Old 07-05-2008, 04:34 PM
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Quick question for anyone with experience with the above. Can giant millipedes be housed in the same large tank as hissers. They both have similar requirements food and habbitat wise, so would they exist in harmony of will it be 'The Guns of Naverone?'
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Old 07-05-2008, 05:03 PM
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Don't hold me to this but I think they'd be ok together as long as both have the conditions they need. Millipedes will need moist, deeper substrate than hissers.
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Old 07-05-2008, 05:45 PM
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Thanks Simon, I was pretty confident that they would tolerate each other as long as there was plenty of grub for all.

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Iv known them to be kept together with out problems not personally thoough
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I 've not kept them together but would have believed they'd be ok together
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Old 07-05-2008, 07:02 PM
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Thanks guys. One more thing. I have a couple of fish tanks for bugs, but was wondering if an exo terra terrarium is secure enough for nymphs? There is a 2-3 millimetre gap around the doors. Is that wide enough for baby roaches to climb through? I have read that they like to climb upwards more than adults.
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Thanks guys. One more thing. I have a couple of fish tanks for bugs, but was wondering if an exo terra terrarium is secure enough for nymphs? There is a 2-3 millimetre gap around the doors. Is that wide enough for baby roaches to climb through? I have read that they like to climb upwards more than adults.
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well my peppered roaches wouldnt be able to, and nor my hissers when young so i would worry too much.. but im sure someone could give a more definitive answer
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Old 07-05-2008, 08:49 PM
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Hi,
Quick question for anyone with experience with the above. Can giant millipedes be housed in the same large tank as hissers. They both have similar requirements food and habbitat wise, so would they exist in harmony of will it be 'The Guns of Naverone?'
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im no expert , but all my millis live in a much more humid environment to my roaches.
i recently began losing hissers & the way i stopped this was to greatly reduce the humidity .
so imo i wouldnt try it
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Old 08-05-2008, 08:31 PM
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My hissers used to live with my millipedes and it was harmony! Hissers are pretty much indestructable so I always ensured I concentrated on the millipedes requirements first but obviously the hissers requirements need to to be considered too.

As for baby hissers, I am an expert and key witness to them fitting through the smallest of holes/gaps. Mine easily got out of 2-3mm gap
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