Quote Originally Posted by Erie_herps View Post
If you want a good clean up crew I would recommend dwarf whites and springtails. They both reproduce extremely quickly, can tolerate extreme conditions, and help clean up. I would try to avoid drier species like zebra isopods, slower reproducing species like Cubaris sp. (though I don't think you'd get those for a ball python), or species that could harm your snake like dairy cows. For display isopods powder (blue and orange) isopods are cool but you can't usually have those and the dwarf whites as the dwarf whites will outcompete most other species.
Are dairy cows the only species that you know of that can harm my snake? When researching they're the big species I could find that people say don't use. I don't think I'll get anything dairy cow size or bigger as I've heard bigger isopods might damage snakes but if you have more experience with this please let me know.

Also do you happen to know if dwarf purples would work/ maybe compete well with dwarf whites? Honestly I'm just curious what kinds of colors I can get together. I feel like it'd be a little boring with just white springtails and white isopods. If that's what I have to do for my snake/what's available to me then I will but I'm just looking at all the options.

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