Florida communal millipede tank?

Gibson211

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Hi, sorry for the bombardment of questions lately (I'm still new to the hobby) but I was wondering if mixing different species of millipedes from Florida into the same enclosure would be safe. I have a ten gallon enclosure with:

8 Narceus gordanus
3 Narceus americanus

and I'm thinking of adding

6 Florida Ivory
5 Trigonllius corallinus

Would doing this be safe? I do want them to breed, will the other species interfere with the breeding? Would adding that many millipedes in a 10 gallon tank be too cramped? Thanks!
 

Cavedweller

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No problem, answering questions is what we're here for!

22 pedes + all the babies seems a bit much for a 10 gal, but you could put the ivories and rusty millipedes in a second tank.

There might be a risk of different species eating each other's eggs, but I don't think it's super likely. My only mixed species tank produced ~100 plings last year.
 

Gibson211

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I think I'll keep the Narceus species in one tank, and the others in another. Hopefully that will work. Thanks!
 
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