I just recently got a 32 oz jar from Josh's Frogs and Ice took some of the rocks from the top of some of the fluid from the jar and started a flat culture can it be done in this big jar as well can I sprinkle some of the food in there? It comes pretty pretty big jar with a lid
Do they initially show small dead bodies? Are there eggs inside that are going to be top or something because the ones I have here are small and dead and floating I bought it from Josh frogs 32oz jar plus the food and there's just like a few floaters that are dead
@@luisvelez8842 you May be seeing either molts or dead bodies, as shipping can be hard on them. Typically, whatever you have left will bounce back pretty quickly, even if you only have eggs.
Again, great video. My son and I followed your instructions last weekend on creating a cricket breeding set up. So far so good on that. We are observing female crickets laying eggs like crazy all week in the screen covered dirt container. Tonight I was looking to learn more about springtails and isopods and found you have a video on those as well. I also really enjoyed this video. Very clear and concise. Thank you for posting it, I now have the info I need to move forward on my springtail / isopod project ! Your videos are proving to be very helpful for us !
Keith Cook 😊 very glad to hear it...makes me smile to know that they are useful. Sounds like you'll have loads of baby crickets soon! Let me know if I can be of any more help with the isopod and springtail projects. 👍
I have a few species of springtails living in planting pot along with a pheidole ant colony. Ants do nothing to them. Maybe ants know how the springtails keep their colony clean by eating leftovers and molds which can be harmful for ants. And it's adorable to see a few springtails and ants coming out of soil and running here and there when i water the plants.
Hi, just curious how or why you have ants in your plant pots? I have and love springtails and wondering maybe I should buy some ants if they are equally beneficial for my houseplants?
@@DannyTillotson I didn't brought the ants. As there were no ants when I brought the soil, I think some mated queen came and decided to make a colony. Ants are not much beneficial for houseplants except they make holes in tight soil which help air reach the roots. But if you stay on ground level or if some tree touches the wall nearby then the ants may bring aphids or mealybugs and attach them to stem of your plants which is harmful. But ants in garden is a beneficial thing.
The first time, I bought them although quite overpriced. I cycled the tank months later and lost them all by choice. Second time around, I used a wet tip end of a pencil and extracted 6 large adults from my $2 bag of Walmart potting soil (potted). I started my culture in a dish in my terrarium as that has been where they have independently cluttered on their own and multiplied like crazy within a week or two (just treated water), I’ve never had to use anything else for reproducing them. Saved myself $15 this time around by finding them in my potting medium used for propagating my plants for the terrarium. A nice surprise. Being fully aware of the toxic effects of fertilizer, this is a good bypass.
Quick and to-the-point! I really enjoyed this instruction video! I open my springtail culture, I didn't see anyting but I am low vision so I'm hoping they're still in there and still alive, and will breed
I bought a springtail culture a few weeks ago and didn't see more than a couple in there for at least a week. Then suddenly there were quite a few! The eggs and babies are hard to see, even for someone with good vision. How's your culture doing now?
i whanna thank you for making this video! i culture my springtails with this method in large buckets, you can only imagine the production dat im having ;)
Springtails love brewer's or nutritional yeast. They will also reproduce in the terrarium but won't overcrowd. Best to culture them in a small container though.
JTB Reptiles Thank you! I do tend to use deeper,containers nowadays, but the method described in the video works very well. Best of luck with your cultures!
I started a small culture about a year ago, and now i have about 40 , 2 liter tanks full. I harvest approximately 10 tanks a day and have been able to successfully sustain enough to make shakes every afternoon. They taste very good when mixed 50/50 with some greek yogurt or similar dairy. Thank you for the tutorial
Big Tark I am glad it has been useful for you! Do you prefer the taste of Folsomia candida or Sinella curviseta? Personally, I find Folsomia candida much less fuzzy.
i got some a few years ago, and the culture ended up dying because i forgot about them for a few months (oops….. i had put them on a shelf when i was moving a few things and didn’t move them back) well, some apparently escaped and they’re happily living in my worm (vermicomposting) bin! so that’s what i use now when i need springtails - i just go and get some worm castings and there’s plenty i used to have little springtails that were like, silver? they flashed brightly silver when they jumped i haven’t seen them lately :( but i’m sure there’s probably some of them still in there i might try taking some springtails and putting them in a little container and not forget about them this time
Bri Gilmore Hall The often show up in worm bins, sometimes it is hard to tell how they got there, but they join in with the worms in composting activities, and can help prevent or remove mold on the surface. 😊👍
amazing video! I’m gonna try breeding them to keep my snail enclosure from growing mould, and also to feed to some hypoaspis miles that I’m trying to also breed as they eat harmful snail mites but they’re quite expensive to buy each time they get infested
I am constantly researching to see if I should culture these as some sort of janitor for my emersed plants containers. I am debating whether dwarf isopods or springtails would be better.
_Paws_ Good question...I know people use springtails to benefit plants both in terrariums and plant pots, and that springtails specifically are said to encourage mycorrhizal growth in terrestrial plants...so IMHO they are worth a try.
I have recently gotten into gardening aswell as making ecosystems. I have like 7 avocado seeds still in the water and toothpick kind of situation, many springtails often go there and sit on the seeds, thanks to you, and other people, I now know how to actually take care of them ! edit. there are like a total of 5 different typed that are there. round with like 6 spider legs green blue light ash kind of colour black and the generic one showed in most videos. are the others normal? or do I got a prob
Was able to collect about 25 springtails I added a while ago to a gecko enclosure. Previously bought as a culture. Starting a master culture from these.
Hi. I've cultured a batch of springtails from the wild. They have been thriving well but these springtails are very small compared to the ones you've shown in your video. They are very motile too, they move around very very fast. I'm from India and can this be a different species of springtail? They look exactly like the ones that you showcase in your video but only smaller. They are about 2mm. Thanks for the great videos!! Joseph
Joseph Mohan Thanks for watching! 👍 it sounds like you have a different species of springtail (there are many, many species). It sounds like you found one that does well for you, so that is excellent, no matter what species it is. 👍
Question...The Springtails appear to completely float or almost walk on water so evidently they dont really sink into the tropical fish tank down to the fish. My worry is when you add them to an aquarium, any Springtails not eaten that reach the side of the aquarium glass, filter pipes, etc would easily crawl up and out of the tank and I don't need the wife beating my ass over it....lol With that being said, are Springtails really only beneficial in breeder rooms where it doesn't matter if they get out or do you not believe they can crawl up the side of glass or silicone siding in the corner seems of the tank?
+Michael Baker It is true that springtails don't really sink, though the fish will likely catch the vast majority of them. If a few manage to get out of the tank (I suppose it's possible) they are unlikely to survive long enough to be noticed. They require very high humidity. A few times, while harvesting, I have spilled a few onto the lid of a nearby springtail culture, only to find them later, desiccated right where I spilled them...in my relatively humid animal room.
Very good video. As I can't buy them here, I just got some very small individuals from the soil in my garden and put them into a culture container. How long does it take until they start reproducing?
In a CUC application for a viv...is it better to culture them for numbers b4 putting them in, or will they multiply rapidly on their own in a big reptile enclosure?
Adam Ludwig I always prefer to have at least one culture going outside of a viv to populate vivariums with, but they generally will do fine if placed directly in a large reptile enclosure.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why is using distilled water a necessity? i live in europe and have really clean tapwater and was wondering if i could just use that. are the minerals harmful to the springtails?
Another wonderful video. What are some other substrates that can be used please. Can small molar clay pebbles be used? I have huge amounts of these as I use them for my Bonsai soil. Many thanks in advance for any response.
@@Aquarimax Fantastic, thank you sir. I figured I'd have to put something larger in there in order to move them when needed. Many thanks for you video's and responding to my questions.
No problem. I have some of these myself, and when I looked up for Folsomia candida, the ones that showed up weren't nothing alike this ones. So i tried to know its proper name, and i believe that's the one.
Does it have to be distilled water? I really need those for my carnivorous plants. Can I just use water dechlorinator or let the water sit for 24 hours?
Aquarimax Pets was hoping to find a bag of charcoal to start a container as I want to do both. Apparently the shops here and the internet is out for the season. Can you use homemade charcoal or wait till spring?
Also, I was wondering if you knew how often I would need to add springtails to my Viv ? I have a 12x12x18 ExoTerra Viv with a few live plants, clay balls covered in screen and then a mixture of organic soil and EcoEarth. The Viv houses one large adult Crested Gecko. Any idea how often I need to add springtails? Just a harvests worth a month or bi-monthly etc, or do I just wait until I don't see them as much in the tank? Thanks again !
Keith Cook the good news is that, in your setup, once the springtails are established, you shouldn't need to add them again unless you need to replace the substrate. The Cresties won't eat the springtails, so they will be fine. In a dart frog vivarium, they need to be added periodically as the frogs pick them off. 👍
Wait,where do I get a starting culture? The shops at my place doesn't seell this type of food. Oh and any other betta fry food other than infusoria and microworms that are easy to culture?
+Phạm Ngọc Tài You might try purchasing a culture online, they ship fairly well. If you can contact a killifish breeder, you have a good chance of finding some. Another good food for betta fry are vinegar eels. I made a quick guide about those too: th-cam.com/video/vCIb2X6ZfUY/w-d-xo.html
Good tutorial, I dont have coal, but they have reproduced quickly. I introduced springtails in my terrarium of woodlice. They are good cleaners, I have 4 species of springtails. Collembola have a fast reproduction. I want to know who are the predators of springtails.
Fight Animals They are good cleaners, I agree! There are many predators of springtails, but a few of them are pseudoscorpions, nemerteans, and small, especially newly metamorphosed, amphibians.
Can these guys eat mold/fungus? Like the white fuzzy stuff because some of it has been growing in my more humid enclosures and I need more excuses to buy springtails lol
Thanks for the answer! I kinda figured out the answer just 2 days ago when I introduced a few A.vulgare (i assume) to an overgrown container. It's more or less clean now :)
Luan Luna Glad to hear it! Armadillidium vulgare (isopods) can help reduce mold mostly by eating what mold eats, while springtails will actually go after the mold, but both strategies work. In fact, I use both in many of my enclosures. 👍
I picked up a deli cup size container of springtails at a reptile expo, the substrate they’re in is what I’m guessing is charcoal but lots and lots of small pieces of it, like alfalfa pellets almost... any idea on how to delegate springtails from the small pieces?
Maxie I would use the floating method to be harvest them from that type of culture. Just add distilled water until you can easily pour off some water and springtails. Alternatively, you could add some larger, flat pieces of charcoal on top of the culture, and feed the springtails there. It would not be long before you could harvest from the larger pieces. 👍
my swordtail gave birth in the morning and I got 2 pairs of conjoined twins. Have you come across it anytime? I would highly appreciate some tips regarding the care and feeding.
shreya wagle Wow! In all the years I have kept and bred fish, I have never found conjoined twins of any species. Are they able to swim? If they survive past the first day or so, they may have a chance of a longer life. For now, you may want to keep the conjoined fish separate from the others so that they have a chance at the food. If they do seem to be able to eat, at some point you will need to decide whether or not they seem to have a good quality of life.
@@Aquarimax thank you. They are able to swing since they are attached to the belly. They have 2 heads and tails. It's been 24 hrs and they still seem active. I'll try to separate them. Thank you for your help😊
I have a question: Does anyone keep pseudoscorpions aka book scorpions? I find these tiny springtail eaters fascinating, and wonder if anyone has tried it yet.
Al Sayid I would like to someday! I certainly would have plenty of food for them! I think roachcrossing.com is currently breeding them. Bugsincyberspace.com sometimes has them for sale.
Any certain charcoal brands you may recommend? I’m pretty terrible at searching for this kinda stuff ;( I’ve been using coconut fiber for my springtails and I’m pretty tired of it since it’s so messy and really ugly to look at...
Stugy I have used a couple of different brands, including Royal Oak and I believe Cowboy brand. I find that with a cocofiber+aspen chips+leaf litter that frequent feeding is less important, as the decaying leaves and wood furnish natural food, but clean harvesting is more difficult. With charcoal, frequent feeding is more important, but clean harvesting is easy. So you end up getting some springtails? If you win the context, what will you choose? 😃
Aquarimax Thanks! My Sinella curviseta colony is starting to get better again though it’s still tiny and useless as of now. If I do happen to win I’d definitely choose to get the three starter colonies as I’ve been hoping to start some sort of vivarium soon and I don’t trust WC isopods (had some with mites and they spread into all my isopod colonies and it was pretty ugly).
I purchased what were supposedly Fulsomia Candida, but they’re much smaller, longer, thinner, and slower than the ones you show here. I define that they breed fast and eat what I feed them, but like to stay pretty deep in the substrate most of the time and don’t really do much to control mold if it does appear on the surface. Is keeping more than one kind of springtails in a vivarium a reasonable thing to do?
What temperature do I need to keep their enclosure at? Can I keep them outside on my balcony or inside with the AC? It can get over 95 on my balcony at sometimes
Daybird Aviaries good question...a couple of reasons. 1. It is easier to harvest the springtails cleanly, and 2. The cultures seem less likely to crash long-term. 😊👍
i thought these ones like normal surface and feed naturally from death leaves etc. where fungus can grow. So this Water Charcoal thingi works for every Springtail? They dont drown?
Chin Chin Good questions! It is true that they can be cultured on various substrates, including soil and leaf litter. In fact, they do really well in my millipede enclosures on cocofiber, leaf litter, and decaying wood. Charcoal works for culturing many types, but I have not tried them all. They don't drown...they seem to stay on the surface of the water. 👍
The ones that i find are EXTREMELY small. Is it normal? I'm gonna use they on a vivarium that kinda has spots that they can escape. Should i worry about that? Or they will mostly keep inside the vivarium since the conditions are good for them? Or do i need a super fit container to keep them inside?
Rorther they tend to die very quickly outside a very humid environment, so unless you have a very humid house, escapees should not be much of a problem. They can be kept on soil and soil-like substrates, but they seem to culture best on charcoal. The food I give them contains quite a bit of protein, which they do need.
Thank you so much for your answer. There won't be THAT many escapees right? They were all onn chorcoal and not climbing the recipient. Anyway: Thanks again for such a complete and quick answer!
Rorther you”re welcome! I don’t think you will have many escapees...they tend to stay in an environment that suits them...ii just meant that any wanderers shouldn’t last long. 👍
Alexander Mitchell Good question-- when I used rice, I generally use organic short grain rice because that is what I have on hand, but I know others use plain white rice as well. 👍
Is there a reason why the container needs to be shallow and why it can't have airholes? Not even some kind of coffee filter-like stuff some containers in reptile stores have? I assume any kind of ventilation and too much space messes with humidity and would either result in the containers drying out or risk fungus growth due to air circulation, but that is an assumption and I would rather ask to be sure rather than assume.
You can actually use containers with some depth…too much depth does mess with water saturation in the charcoal. I don’t use ventilation as pests such as mites can find their way in, but something like a coffee filter over a small vent hole might be enough to keep them out.
Interesting, fist time i heard of using charcoal as a medium, but what is it for? does it have to be charcoal? do they eat it or something? what else can i use? I have little bugs in my apartment bathroom, the adults are about 4 millimeters big at most and grayish in color, they jump when disturbed and their body shape is similar to these guys could this be a species of springtails? because i'm looking for a feader bug for my pets(small spiders and ant sp)
+CMZ neu good questions! The charcoal is a good medium because it has a lot of surface area, helps keep humidity high, is easy to harvest from, and probably helps reduce toxins by adsorption. It doesn't have to be charcoal, some people use wood chips, compost, coco fiber+hardwood leaves, etc. They all have pros and cons. Springtails thrive in my millipede enclosures, which are coco fiber + aspen shavings+oak/maple leaves. It is very possible that the creatures in your bathroom are springtails. 4 mm is on the large side for springtails, but not impossible. If you decide to try culturing them, let me know how it goes! We could always use another species of springtail in culture, especially for dart frogs.
Thanks for the answer, maybe I was a bit off in how big they were, they are probably way smaller anyway i'll let you know if i catch enough to get a culture started.
Hmm.... could I culture fruit flies and spring tails in the same container if I didnt leave standing water in the bottom, but still kept everything moist?
Thanks for the primer. New to this. Having an explosion right now. How can I be certain what I'm seeing are baby spring tails and not something invasive?
Keith Ragan You are welcome! Springtails hop when disturbed are are somewhat elongated in shape. Mites, a common pest of springtail cultures, are more spherical or egg-shaped, and do not hop.
Whew. Thanks Goethe swift reply, as you know life cycles are short... So, what I'm seeing are some hopping spring tails which are quite large compared to the tiny fast running, non hopping also white bugs
Aquarimax OK, Time might have told me that, but the internet is a terrible place. Look up pictures of tropical pink springtails(which mine are supposed to be) and they have rounded rumps. Which means it was probably a picture of a mite. Thanks for helping out my future gecko home.
Lydian Quinn you are on the right track. If it has only been a week, that is a relatively small number of springtails distributed over a large area. I would give them a little time to reproduce before worrying...a month or so at least.
Why can’t you poke small holes in the top of the lids? Just grab a small knife and spin it around a bit for those plastic lids and they aren’t big enough to let in fungus gnats (I think) but still let in some air. I can see this working if you can’t be around for a few days.
I want to make a culture for making lots of closed terrariums. But i live in Brazil, and i don't even know the name of the springtails in portuguese. I've checked most of the pet/animal food in my city and all of them doesn't have a bare idea what i'm talking about xD. How can i catch them form nature? The only thing nearby me are some huge pieces of logs that are 50% rotten by the time, with some chips hiding, like, crockoaches that lives undergroung, small centipides, some earth worms, some tiny black bugs that dig down the earth when uncovered, bunch of ants and even some aphids that destroy our plants time to time xD
TJChagas the word in Portuguese may be something like 'collembolas' based on the name of the group. You can try capturing them with a Berlese funne, look for them in damp leaf litter . I hope you catch some!
Aquarimax thank you bro. I will be doing that rite away. I am trying to find alternative foods for belonesox fry which prey at the water surface. Springtail mite be my solution.
Aquarimax thank you bro. I will be doing that rite away. I am trying to find alternative foods for belonesox fry which prey at the water surface. Springtail mite be my solution.
A Bugs Nightmare from what I understand, springtails may eat some of the sorts of algae that grow in moist places (though not underwater, as springtails can't break the surface tension very easily.) In what sort of environment or setup are you looking for algae control?
Aquarimax thanks! I'm looking for algae control on the top of my plant pots. They have some springtails in them but still get slimy over time. Even on my live sphagnum moss, for some reason. It makes sphagnum propagation extra difficult.
I sent away for 12000 predatory mites because my Superworm culture was infested with millions of grain mites. What they actually sent though were some kind of blue-gray springtails. And maybe 50 predatory mites, except they might be spider mites... Anyway, do you know what those springtails are? The company was in California. Also, did TH-cam just demonetize you for not having enough views?
Zom Bee Nature I have read of companies shipping predatory mites with other feeder mites, I wonder if they are shipping those springtails as food. At any rate, if you paid for 12000, and they only send you 50, that hardly seems fair. Have you contacted the company? Try googling Tomoceros springtails to see if that is the species. Fortunately, I am still monetized, I believe the cutoff was 1000 subs...😓
It depends on the relative size of the cultures. If the coco fiber culture is small enough, you can make sure the outside of it is pest-free and then just set it on top pf the charcoal layer. The springtails will make their way out eventually.
hacker7112 Yt it is possible to collect springtails in damp leaf litter or under rocks or logs, although there is no guarantee the species you collect will do well in captivity. That said, it sometimes works very well, and is free. 😊👍
Dexkill you can use coconut chunk substrate, leaf litter, compost...many things will work, but charcoal makes it easy to harvest from, and it is less likely to go sour.
Venus Minowa That depends partly on your tap water, as chemicals and quantities can vary with season and place. Generally chlorine and chloramine will inhibit the microorganisms that you want to encourage in a springtail culture.
Just sayin', I don't think these particular ones are folsomia candida. They look like the same unidentified species I have. Folsomia candida are larger, more elongated, don't move around quite as much and have shorter legs and antennae.
Thanks, I agree. These are probably a Sinella species. I added an annotation and a note in the description to that effect, but annotations don't show up on all devices. I should edit the title too.
Set up a large funnel in a jar. Grab some leaf litter or soil from outside and put it in the funnel. Set up the funnel/jar under a light - close but not too close. The springtails and all the other critters will move away from the heat into the jar.
Aquarimax the problem is the humidity in general in our area is high and I can see a lot outdoor . My problem I found a lot in my bed room even if keeping AC On for a long time.
abdallah subh food-grade diatomaceous earth is a powder derived from algae. It is fairly save for vertebrates, but tends to conto invertebrates. However, I would consider the presence of springtails a symptom rather than the problem. They are likely feeding on mold. Control the mold, and the springtails are likely to decrease noticeably.
Morty Smith Good question, they will live on a variety of substrates, so you probably could, but I expect the particle size of shrimp soil will prevent them from making full use of all the surface area between the particles. That's one of the reasons small- to medium-sized pieces of charcoal work so well. 👍
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You can culture springtails exactly as described in this video with great success, although I now tend to use deeper culture containers.
I just recently got a 32 oz jar from Josh's Frogs and Ice took some of the rocks from the top of some of the fluid from the jar and started a flat culture can it be done in this big jar as well can I sprinkle some of the food in there? It comes pretty pretty big jar with a lid
@@luisvelez8842 It should work as long as you remove the lid often enough for ventilation. 👍🏽
Do they initially show small dead bodies? Are there eggs inside that are going to be top or something because the ones I have here are small and dead and floating I bought it from Josh frogs 32oz jar plus the food and there's just like a few floaters that are dead
@@luisvelez8842 you May be seeing either molts or dead bodies, as shipping can be hard on them. Typically, whatever you have left will bounce back pretty quickly, even if you only have eggs.
Can they drown in there
2:30, those springtails are so cuuute! No idea why. They're just adorable watching them bounce around in there.
at 1:10 the head banging spring tail!
Bruce Lee True...they just need some beats! 🤣
ROCK AND ROLL!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Lol
I was struggling with my springtails but after watching this, there is hope!
Again, great video. My son and I followed your instructions last weekend on creating a cricket breeding set up. So far so good on that. We are observing female crickets laying eggs like crazy all week in the screen covered dirt container. Tonight I was looking to learn more about springtails and isopods and found you have a video on those as well. I also really enjoyed this video. Very clear and concise. Thank you for posting it, I now have the info I need to move forward on my springtail / isopod project ! Your videos are proving to be very helpful for us !
Keith Cook 😊 very glad to hear it...makes me smile to know that they are useful. Sounds like you'll have loads of baby crickets soon! Let me know if I can be of any more help with the isopod and springtail projects. 👍
I love your videos, everytime i look up how to culture springtails/daphnia/scuds yours are always the videos I learn from.
Thank you, it makes me happy to know that they're helpful! 😀👍
I have a few species of springtails living in planting pot along with a pheidole ant colony. Ants do nothing to them. Maybe ants know how the springtails keep their colony clean by eating leftovers and molds which can be harmful for ants. And it's adorable to see a few springtails and ants coming out of soil and running here and there when i water the plants.
Interesting! I love when an equilibrium exists even in captive conditions.
Hi, just curious how or why you have ants in your plant pots? I have and love springtails and wondering maybe I should buy some ants if they are equally beneficial for my houseplants?
@@DannyTillotson I didn't brought the ants. As there were no ants when I brought the soil, I think some mated queen came and decided to make a colony. Ants are not much beneficial for houseplants except they make holes in tight soil which help air reach the roots. But if you stay on ground level or if some tree touches the wall nearby then the ants may bring aphids or mealybugs and attach them to stem of your plants which is harmful. But ants in garden is a beneficial thing.
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Thank you for that I appreciate it
Like in AntsCanada!
When i am sad i just watch Aquarimax videos and i feel better!
MangoReptiles That makes me happy! 😊👍
The first time, I bought them although quite overpriced. I cycled the tank months later and lost them all by choice. Second time around, I used a wet tip end of a pencil and extracted 6 large adults from my $2 bag of Walmart potting soil (potted). I started my culture in a dish in my terrarium as that has been where they have independently cluttered on their own and multiplied like crazy within a week or two (just treated water), I’ve never had to use anything else for reproducing them.
Saved myself $15 this time around by finding them in my potting medium used for propagating my plants for the terrarium. A nice surprise.
Being fully aware of the toxic effects of fertilizer, this is a good bypass.
Quick and to-the-point! I really enjoyed this instruction video!
I open my springtail culture, I didn't see anyting but I am low vision so I'm hoping they're still in there and still alive, and will breed
I bought a springtail culture a few weeks ago and didn't see more than a couple in there for at least a week. Then suddenly there were quite a few! The eggs and babies are hard to see, even for someone with good vision. How's your culture doing now?
i whanna thank you for making this video! i culture my springtails with this method in large buckets, you can only imagine the production dat im having ;)
+Ineovan Norbert Thanks for watching! I now have 4 large cultures set up...the bigger the better! : )
+Aquarimax exactly! i also tried culturing dwarf white isopods on charcoal for better harvesting. it seems to be working :)
+Ineovan Norbert interesting that charcoal works for dwarf whites too...what do you feed your isopods in that culture?
+Aquarimax uncooked graids of rice, fish food and they also enjoy apple slices
Thanks for the video..! These springtails make good protein shakes for my bodybuilding regime!!!
koosmangat 😆🤣😂😆
Springtails love brewer's or nutritional yeast. They will also reproduce in the terrarium but won't overcrowd. Best to culture them in a small container though.
I have used nutritional yeast with them quite a lot, they do seem to enjoy it!
Great video :) Will definitely start my culture soon... thank you for sharing :)
Pat's Fish Tanks Thank you! I am glad it was helpful. Thanks for joining the stream, too!
Thanks for the great information, I'm excited to see my starter colony grow
Fantastic video as always. Straight to the point!
JTB Reptiles Thank you! I do tend to use deeper,containers nowadays, but the method described in the video works very well. Best of luck with your cultures!
I started a small culture about a year ago, and now i have about 40 , 2 liter tanks full. I harvest approximately 10 tanks a day and have been able to successfully sustain enough to make shakes every afternoon. They taste very good when mixed 50/50 with some greek yogurt or similar dairy. Thank you for the tutorial
Big Tark I am glad it has been useful for you! Do you prefer the taste of Folsomia candida or Sinella curviseta? Personally, I find Folsomia candida much less fuzzy.
@@Aquarimax what 😳
@@6Pope9 just joking 🤣
i got some a few years ago, and the culture ended up dying because i forgot about them for a few months (oops….. i had put them on a shelf when i was moving a few things and didn’t move them back)
well, some apparently escaped and they’re happily living in my worm (vermicomposting) bin!
so that’s what i use now when i need springtails - i just go and get some worm castings and there’s plenty
i used to have little springtails that were like, silver? they flashed brightly silver when they jumped
i haven’t seen them lately :( but i’m sure there’s probably some of them still in there
i might try taking some springtails and putting them in a little container and not forget about them this time
Great guide! Thanks!
Thanks for the good info. Short and sweet
Interesting, they ended up in my worm bin and I don't know how! They are kinda cute though. LOOK AT THEM GO! 😅
Bri Gilmore Hall The often show up in worm bins, sometimes it is hard to tell how they got there, but they join in with the worms in composting activities, and can help prevent or remove mold on the surface. 😊👍
@@Aquarimax little guys work so hard, I love them!
amazing video! I’m gonna try breeding them to keep my snail enclosure from growing mould, and also to feed to some hypoaspis miles that I’m trying to also breed as they eat harmful snail mites but they’re quite expensive to buy each time they get infested
L O R I I have often considered raising a culture of H. miles mites with a colony of springtails. 👍 good luck!
I am constantly researching to see if I should culture these as some sort of janitor for my emersed plants containers. I am debating whether dwarf isopods or springtails would be better.
_Paws_ Good question...I know people use springtails to benefit plants both in terrariums and plant pots, and that springtails specifically are said to encourage mycorrhizal growth in terrestrial plants...so IMHO they are worth a try.
I have recently gotten into gardening aswell as making ecosystems.
I have like 7 avocado seeds still in the water and toothpick kind of situation,
many springtails often go there and sit on the seeds, thanks to you, and other people, I now know how to actually take care of them !
edit.
there are like a total of 5 different typed that are there.
round with like 6 spider legs
green
blue
light ash kind of colour
black
and the generic one showed in most videos.
are the others normal?
or do I got a prob
Was able to collect about 25 springtails I added a while ago to a gecko enclosure. Previously bought as a culture. Starting a master culture from these.
Linden Edwards A resourceful way to start a new culture! 😊👍 they should be producing lots of springtails within a few weeks.
@@Aquarimax realised I only have basmati rice.
Will pickup some brown dor next feeding.
Linden Edwards a lot of people use white rice successfully , although I avoid it. If you can, vary the diet with some nutritional or brewer’s yeast.
Hi. I've cultured a batch of springtails from the wild. They have been thriving well but these springtails are very small compared to the ones you've shown in your video. They are very motile too, they move around very very fast.
I'm from India and can this be a different species of springtail?
They look exactly like the ones that you showcase in your video but only smaller. They are about 2mm.
Thanks for the great videos!!
Joseph
Joseph Mohan Thanks for watching! 👍 it sounds like you have a different species of springtail (there are many, many species). It sounds like you found one that does well for you, so that is excellent, no matter what species it is. 👍
Question...The Springtails appear to completely float or almost walk on water so evidently they dont really sink into the tropical fish tank down to the fish. My worry is when you add them to an aquarium, any Springtails not eaten that reach the side of the aquarium glass, filter pipes, etc would easily crawl up and out of the tank and I don't need the wife beating my ass over it....lol
With that being said, are Springtails really only beneficial in breeder rooms where it doesn't matter if they get out or do you not believe they can crawl up the side of glass or silicone siding in the corner seems of the tank?
+Michael Baker It is true that springtails don't really sink, though the fish will likely catch the vast majority of them. If a few manage to get out of the tank (I suppose it's possible) they are unlikely to survive long enough to be noticed. They require very high humidity. A few times, while harvesting, I have spilled a few onto the lid of a nearby springtail culture, only to find them later, desiccated right where I spilled them...in my relatively humid animal room.
Good info and video, thanks
Very good video. As I can't buy them here, I just got some very small individuals from the soil in my garden and put them into a culture container. How long does it take until they start reproducing?
Dominic Kreutner it depends on the species, but if they do well, you should have many more in 6 weeks, if not sooner.
In a CUC application for a viv...is it better to culture them for numbers b4 putting them in, or will they multiply rapidly on their own in a big reptile enclosure?
Adam Ludwig I always prefer to have at least one culture going outside of a viv to populate vivariums with, but they generally will do fine if placed directly in a large reptile enclosure.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why is using distilled water a necessity? i live in europe and have really clean tapwater and was wondering if i could just use that. are the minerals harmful to the springtails?
Another wonderful video. What are some other substrates that can be used please. Can small molar clay pebbles be used? I have huge amounts of these as I use them for my Bonsai soil. Many thanks in advance for any response.
I would think you could use those, with perhaps some slabs of bark on the surface for feeding/collecting springtails
@@Aquarimax Fantastic, thank you sir. I figured I'd have to put something larger in there in order to move them when needed. Many thanks for you video's and responding to my questions.
This specie isn't Folsomia candida.
I've been researching, and found them to be very similar to Sinella curviseta.
Hope this is helpful, cheers.
Thank you, I am very interested in finding out more about this. I will look up Sinella curviseta and see what I can find out!
No problem. I have some of these myself, and when I looked up for Folsomia candida, the ones that showed up weren't nothing alike this ones. So i tried to know its proper name, and i believe that's the one.
Does it have to be distilled water? I really need those for my carnivorous plants. Can I just use water dechlorinator or let the water sit for 24 hours?
Kenneth Reyes You could probably get by with that. Do you use distilled water for your carnivorous plants?
Kenneth Reyes You could probably get by with that. Do you use distilled water for your carnivorous plants?
Thanks just grabbed a starter culture today
Excellent! Will you be using them as fish food, or as bioactive cleanup?
Aquarimax Pets was hoping to find a bag of charcoal to start a container as I want to do both. Apparently the shops here and the internet is out for the season. Can you use homemade charcoal or wait till spring?
Down the Worm Hole Good question. I have never tried homemade charcoal, so I can’t comment on that, but you can culture them on leaf litter.
Also, I was wondering if you knew how often I would need to add springtails to my Viv ? I have a 12x12x18 ExoTerra Viv with a few live plants, clay balls covered in screen and then a mixture of organic soil and EcoEarth. The Viv houses one large adult Crested Gecko. Any idea how often I need to add springtails? Just a harvests worth a month or bi-monthly etc, or do I just wait until I don't see them as much in the tank? Thanks again !
Keith Cook the good news is that, in your setup, once the springtails are established, you shouldn't need to add them again unless you need to replace the substrate.
The Cresties won't eat the springtails, so they will be fine. In a dart frog vivarium, they need to be added periodically as the frogs pick them off. 👍
Best place to store the container? In the dark? Warm or cold?
Nick Raphael in the 70s F...ambient light, not too dim, not too bright.
Wait,where do I get a starting culture? The shops at my place doesn't seell this type of food. Oh and any other betta fry food other than infusoria and microworms that are easy to culture?
+Phạm Ngọc Tài You might try purchasing a culture online, they ship fairly well. If you can contact a killifish breeder, you have a good chance of finding some. Another good food for betta fry are vinegar eels. I made a quick guide about those too: th-cam.com/video/vCIb2X6ZfUY/w-d-xo.html
3:00 "It won't be long before you can harvest again." What would you estimate as the time it takes for a new culture to double in population?
Good info. Does the container need to be transparent?
Thanks! I haven't tried an opaque container, but I do keep the culture container in a dark cupboard with no issues.
Love this video. Thank you!
Kerry Cutler Glad to hear it, thank you!
Good tutorial, I dont have coal, but they have reproduced quickly.
I introduced springtails in my terrarium of woodlice.
They are good cleaners, I have 4 species of springtails.
Collembola have a fast reproduction.
I want to know who are the predators of springtails.
Fight Animals They are good cleaners, I agree! There are many predators of springtails, but a few of them are pseudoscorpions, nemerteans, and small, especially newly metamorphosed, amphibians.
Since springtails are on my farms, the woodlouse has stopped dying. Millipedes and small centipedes are very useful for the woodlice environment.
Fight Animals springtails definitely help! 🍂👍 Millipedes can be good too, but isopods will sometimes eat molting millipedes.
Can these guys eat mold/fungus? Like the white fuzzy stuff because some of it has been growing in my more humid enclosures and I need more excuses to buy springtails lol
Luan Luna they can definitely help reduce molds and fungus in enclosures.👍
Thanks for the answer! I kinda figured out the answer just 2 days ago when I introduced a few A.vulgare (i assume) to an overgrown container. It's more or less clean now :)
Luan Luna Glad to hear it! Armadillidium vulgare (isopods) can help reduce mold mostly by eating what mold eats, while springtails will actually go after the mold, but both strategies work. In fact, I use both in many of my enclosures. 👍
place some mold to proof it ?
sdq sdq some people let some white rice mold in the culture container as a food source, so that might work too...
I picked up a deli cup size container of springtails at a reptile expo, the substrate they’re in is what I’m guessing is charcoal but lots and lots of small pieces of it, like alfalfa pellets almost... any idea on how to delegate springtails from the small pieces?
Maxie I would use the floating method to be harvest them from that type of culture. Just add distilled water until you can easily pour off some water and springtails. Alternatively, you could add some larger, flat pieces of charcoal on top of the culture, and feed the springtails there. It would not be long before you could harvest from the larger pieces. 👍
I just got a springtail culture. I used cocopeat. Does that work? I looked it up and it says it works. Is it ok?
It can certainly be done. It is not my favorite method, but it is very possible to do.
@@Aquarimax Yeah, They are doing very well and have been breeding for a few generations!
@@PlecsExotics3 then sound like you have them dialed in, might as well continue!
@@Aquarimax Thanks! They are everywhere in that little tub.
my swordtail gave birth in the morning and I got 2 pairs of conjoined twins. Have you come across it anytime? I would highly appreciate some tips regarding the care and feeding.
shreya wagle Wow! In all the years I have kept and bred fish, I have never found conjoined twins of any species. Are they able to swim?
If they survive past the first day or so, they may have a chance of a longer life. For now, you may want to keep the conjoined fish separate from the others so that they have a chance at the food. If they do seem to be able to eat, at some point you will need to decide whether or not they seem to have a good quality of life.
@@Aquarimax thank you.
They are able to swing since they are attached to the belly. They have 2 heads and tails. It's been 24 hrs and they still seem active. I'll try to separate them. Thank you for your help😊
shreya wagle Happy to help! I hope they are able to thrive for you!
I have a question: Does anyone keep pseudoscorpions aka book scorpions? I find these tiny springtail eaters fascinating, and wonder if anyone has tried it yet.
Al Sayid I would like to someday! I certainly would have plenty of food for them! I think roachcrossing.com is currently breeding them. Bugsincyberspace.com sometimes has them for sale.
My springtails seems so much smaller. Is this just a bigger breed of springtail? Mine are basically the size of a pinprick
Oaky Senpai There are many species of different sizes, you probably just have a smaller species. 👍
@@Aquarimax just checking. Thank you for the feedback!
Any certain charcoal brands you may recommend? I’m pretty terrible at searching for this kinda stuff ;( I’ve been using coconut fiber for my springtails and I’m pretty tired of it since it’s so messy and really ugly to look at...
Stugy I have used a couple of different brands, including Royal Oak and I believe Cowboy brand. I find that with a cocofiber+aspen chips+leaf litter that frequent feeding is less important, as the decaying leaves and wood furnish natural food, but clean harvesting is more difficult. With charcoal, frequent feeding is more important, but clean harvesting is easy. So you end up getting some springtails? If you win the context, what will you choose? 😃
Aquarimax Thanks! My Sinella curviseta colony is starting to get better again though it’s still tiny and useless as of now. If I do happen to win I’d definitely choose to get the three starter colonies as I’ve been hoping to start some sort of vivarium soon and I don’t trust WC isopods (had some with mites and they spread into all my isopod colonies and it was pretty ugly).
Stugy mItes can be quite annoying, it is true! Only about a week until the results are announced!
Aquarimax Woo hoo! Very excited!
I purchased what were supposedly Fulsomia Candida, but they’re much smaller, longer, thinner, and slower than the ones you show here. I define that they breed fast and eat what I feed them, but like to stay pretty deep in the substrate most of the time and don’t really do much to control mold if it does appear on the surface. Is keeping more than one kind of springtails in a vivarium a reasonable thing to do?
If they fulfill different niches they can complement each other. Worth a try!
Do you have to use distilled water?
Or can I use filtered water or normal drinking water ?
Leena S Good question! Filtered water should work ok, but I wouldn't suggest using straight tap water.
Aquarimax Thank you.
What temperature do I need to keep their enclosure at? Can I keep them outside on my balcony or inside with the AC? It can get over 95 on my balcony at sometimes
garyamonette I would suggest keeping them indoors if the outside temperatures are that high. They can do well at cool room temperatures.
Can they be used in a tank with african dwarf frogs?
This species would probably not survive long on e surface of the water, but I do have aquatic (surface-dwelling) springtails in some of my tanks
Will the chemicals in tap water hurt the spingtails? Is tap water okay?
Why is charcoal used instead of wood chips, bark, peat moss, etc?
Daybird Aviaries good question...a couple of reasons. 1. It is easier to harvest the springtails cleanly, and 2. The cultures seem less likely to crash long-term. 😊👍
Aquarimax Pets how do you know when a culture is nearing its crash or how to prevent it crashing all together?
i thought these ones like normal surface and feed naturally from death leaves etc. where fungus can grow. So this Water Charcoal thingi works for every Springtail? They dont drown?
Chin Chin Good questions! It is true that they can be cultured on various substrates, including soil and leaf litter. In fact, they do really well in my millipede enclosures on cocofiber, leaf litter, and decaying wood. Charcoal works for culturing many types, but I have not tried them all. They don't drown...they seem to stay on the surface of the water. 👍
The ones that i find are EXTREMELY small. Is it normal?
I'm gonna use they on a vivarium that kinda has spots that they can escape. Should i worry about that? Or they will mostly keep inside the vivarium since the conditions are good for them? Or do i need a super fit container to keep them inside?
Oh, and don't they need ANY protein source to keep? Can i use earth/dirt?
Rorther they tend to die very quickly outside a very humid environment, so unless you have a very humid house, escapees should not be much of a problem. They can be kept on soil and soil-like substrates, but they seem to culture best on charcoal. The food I give them contains quite a bit of protein, which they do need.
Thank you so much for your answer. There won't be THAT many escapees right? They were all onn chorcoal and not climbing the recipient. Anyway: Thanks again for such a complete and quick answer!
Rorther you”re welcome! I don’t think you will have many escapees...they tend to stay in an environment that suits them...ii just meant that any wanderers shouldn’t last long. 👍
Is distilled water absolutely necessary or would tap or bottled water also work fine?
Eileen Engelbrecht bottled purified water would probably be ok. Tap water might have harmful chemicals.
thank you!!!!!!!
what kind of rice do you use, like organic or just generic white rice?
Alexander Mitchell Good question-- when I used rice, I generally use organic short grain rice because that is what I have on hand, but I know others use plain white rice as well. 👍
Is there a reason why the container needs to be shallow and why it can't have airholes? Not even some kind of coffee filter-like stuff some containers in reptile stores have?
I assume any kind of ventilation and too much space messes with humidity and would either result in the containers drying out or risk fungus growth due to air circulation, but that is an assumption and I would rather ask to be sure rather than assume.
You can actually use containers with some depth…too much depth does mess with water saturation in the charcoal.
I don’t use ventilation as pests such as mites can find their way in, but something like a coffee filter over a small vent hole might be enough to keep them out.
good video, thank you
Thanks for watching!
After raising a culture can the charcoal be used again or does it need to be replaced?
dbcooper1961 good question! You can keep using the same charcoal for a very long time.
Where can I get the starter springtails?
Any dart frog supply company, www.bugsincyberspce.com, or I have them too, if you are in the US.
Interesting, fist time i heard of using charcoal as a medium, but what is it for? does it have to be charcoal? do they eat it or something? what else can i use?
I have little bugs in my apartment bathroom, the adults are about 4 millimeters big at most and grayish in color, they jump when disturbed and their body shape is similar to these guys could this be a species of springtails? because i'm looking for a feader bug for my pets(small spiders and ant sp)
I think the charcoal helps with the smell, don't quote me with that though
+CMZ neu good questions! The charcoal is a good medium because it has a lot of surface area, helps keep humidity high, is easy to harvest from, and probably helps reduce toxins by adsorption. It doesn't have to be charcoal, some people use wood chips, compost, coco fiber+hardwood leaves, etc. They all have pros and cons. Springtails thrive in my millipede enclosures, which are coco fiber + aspen shavings+oak/maple leaves. It is very possible that the creatures in your bathroom are springtails. 4 mm is on the large side for springtails, but not impossible. If you decide to try culturing them, let me know how it goes! We could always use another species of springtail in culture, especially for dart frogs.
+cheesburgerlolcats A That is likely true. 👍
Thanks for the answer, maybe I was a bit off in how big they were, they are probably way smaller anyway i'll let you know if i catch enough to get a culture started.
I think you may have crabs. Go to your nearest clinic immediately!
Hmm.... could I culture fruit flies and spring tails in the same container if I didnt leave standing water in the bottom, but still kept everything moist?
Thanks for the primer. New to this. Having an explosion right now. How can I be certain what I'm seeing are baby spring tails and not something invasive?
Keith Ragan You are welcome! Springtails hop when disturbed are are somewhat elongated in shape. Mites, a common pest of springtail cultures, are more spherical or egg-shaped, and do not hop.
Whew. Thanks Goethe swift reply, as you know life cycles are short... So, what I'm seeing are some hopping spring tails which are quite large compared to the tiny fast running, non hopping also white bugs
Aquarimax Should have also added they are also slender in shape.
Keith Ragan if they are slender and fast, they are most likely young springtails,
but I would keep a close eye on them as they grow, just to be safe.
Aquarimax OK, Time might have told me that, but the internet is a terrible place. Look up pictures of tropical pink springtails(which mine are supposed to be) and they have rounded rumps. Which means it was probably a picture of a mite. Thanks for helping out my future gecko home.
Can you get springtails for the wild and culture them aquarimax???
Dinosaurs terroir World Yes, it is definitely possible! Some types may not work well, but people have done it successfully. 👍
Is it normal to not see any springtails in my large vivarium? I seeded it a week ago, and I'm guessing they're hidden, but I just want to ask
Lydian Quinn you are on the right track. If it has only been a week, that is a relatively small number of springtails distributed over a large area. I would give them a little time to reproduce before worrying...a month or so at least.
Why can’t you poke small holes in the top of the lids? Just grab a small knife and spin it around a bit for those plastic lids and they aren’t big enough to let in fungus gnats (I think) but still let in some air. I can see this working if you can’t be around for a few days.
Fungus gnats are amazing at getting into small holes. You can cut/drill a hole and fill it with filter floss to keep them out.
Thanks
I want to make a culture for making lots of closed terrariums. But i live in Brazil, and i don't even know the name of the springtails in portuguese. I've checked most of the pet/animal food in my city and all of them doesn't have a bare idea what i'm talking about xD.
How can i catch them form nature? The only thing nearby me are some huge pieces of logs that are 50% rotten by the time, with some chips hiding, like, crockoaches that lives undergroung, small centipides, some earth worms, some tiny black bugs that dig down the earth when uncovered, bunch of ants and even some aphids that destroy our plants time to time xD
TJChagas the word in Portuguese may be something like 'collembolas' based on the name of the group. You can try capturing them with a Berlese funne, look for them in damp leaf litter . I hope you catch some!
Do you sell cultures of springtail and suds?
bloodhound122 Yes, I do. Feel free to email me at info@aquarimax.com if you're interested.
Aquarimax thank you bro. I will be doing that rite away. I am trying to find alternative foods for belonesox fry which prey at the water surface. Springtail mite be my solution.
Aquarimax thank you bro. I will be doing that rite away. I am trying to find alternative foods for belonesox fry which prey at the water surface. Springtail mite be my solution.
Can I rinse off the charcoal before I put them in it? I just want to avoid the dusty mess
Badwolf Zephyr Yes you can. Just use dechlorinated or purified water. 👍
Does this also work if you live in the tropical region?
Master Oogway It should...springtails are quite adaptable. 👍
Aquarimax Pets thanks a lot :)
Do any of these creatures eat algae? If not, are there any cultivatable "bugs" that dp?
A Bugs Nightmare from what I understand, springtails may eat some of the sorts of algae that grow in moist places (though not underwater, as springtails can't break the surface tension very easily.)
In what sort of environment or setup are you looking for algae control?
Aquarimax thanks! I'm looking for algae control on the top of my plant pots. They have some springtails in them but still get slimy over time. Even on my live sphagnum moss, for some reason. It makes sphagnum propagation extra difficult.
A Bugs Nightmare Ah, I see. If there are already springtails there, it might be worth a try to introduce another species and see what happens...
i have these in my Veg patch wil they harm my veg should i keep the eggs or not ..These eggs are blue look lot like Blueberry very tiny
InkDropFalls springtails tend to be good for plant roots. They help the symbiotic relationship that micorrhyzal fungi have with the roots.
I sent away for 12000 predatory mites because my Superworm culture was infested with millions of grain mites. What they actually sent though were some kind of blue-gray springtails. And maybe 50 predatory mites, except they might be spider mites... Anyway, do you know what those springtails are? The company was in California.
Also, did TH-cam just demonetize you for not having enough views?
Zom Bee Nature I have read of companies shipping predatory mites with other feeder mites, I wonder if they are shipping those springtails as food. At any rate, if you paid for 12000, and they only send you 50, that hardly seems fair. Have you contacted the company? Try googling Tomoceros springtails to see if that is the species. Fortunately, I am still monetized, I believe the cutoff was 1000 subs...😓
How Often Do you Change out the Charcoal or is it even needed to do so?
Jordan Zavala Great question! The charcoal seems to last indefinitely. I only switch it out when I take out pieces to seed new cultures. 👍
@@Aquarimax Okay that is perfect! Thank you.
Could they feed a red eared slider turtle or should I sick with pellets?
Chubana good question-pellets would be better in this case.
Aquarimax ok Thanks!
Can you use a big bin?
How do I move springtails from coco fiber to charcoal?
It depends on the relative size of the cultures. If the coco fiber culture is small enough, you can make sure the outside of it is pest-free and then just set it on top pf the charcoal layer. The springtails will make their way out eventually.
Okay thanks for the info.
+Aquarimax can i make holes for their ventillation ??
oh and i use the combine of coco coir and some charcoal and the water smells like a stinky sewer , why does that happen ???
+Vickor Gunandar You can, but they don't need ventilation if you open the container every day or two.
+Aquarimax I think the coconut fiber starts to rot in the water...that's part of the reason I only use charcoal.
How to start springtail colony without buying them?
hacker7112 Yt it is possible to collect springtails in damp leaf litter or under rocks or logs, although there is no guarantee the species you collect will do well in captivity. That said, it sometimes works very well, and is free. 😊👍
Why do i have tiny white worms in my containers?
Anything else instead of charcoal?
Dexkill you can use coconut chunk substrate, leaf litter, compost...many things will work, but charcoal makes it easy to harvest from, and it is less likely to go sour.
Will tap water kill springtails?
Venus Minowa That depends partly on your tap water, as chemicals and quantities can vary with season and place. Generally chlorine and chloramine will inhibit the microorganisms that you want to encourage in a springtail culture.
i need some of these for my ant setups so i don't have to clean their garbage, where can i buy or find them?
Are you making a naturalistic setup?
Just sayin', I don't think these particular ones are folsomia candida. They look like the same unidentified species I have. Folsomia candida are larger, more elongated, don't move around quite as much and have shorter legs and antennae.
Thanks, I agree. These are probably a Sinella species. I added an annotation and a note in the description to that effect, but annotations don't show up on all devices. I should edit the title too.
I need this cuz i just found out that my mini centipede is having babies!
thằng nào thấy đươc cái của tao thì tao cho 1 lay Congratulations! It makes sense that springtails would make a good food for tiny centipedes. 👍
Sorry this is very late! How are they doing now?
@@miriamw.8673 it was a very hot day and the enclosure was a bit too dried and...
@@ครยฬร NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Are they harmful for shrimp?
what if i don't have a starter culture?
You may be able to collect one under moist wood, rocks, or leaves….or purchase on online at most pet insect, dart frog, or isopod websites.
where do u get ure Charcoal Large like that . like it thanks
Just asking how do i catch springtails?
gracias parcero
Angel 1 ¡de nada!
How to catch springtails?
Set up a large funnel in a jar. Grab some leaf litter or soil from outside and put it in the funnel. Set up the funnel/jar under a light - close but not too close. The springtails and all the other critters will move away from the heat into the jar.
Where do I get the springtails
Warriorseamonkey16 dart frog companies sell them, so does bugsincyberspace.com, so do I. 👍
I see them Every morning and night in my seed germinating pots I don't know what they use for
brebreboo lardoo They are more active when the humidity is high. They are probably just after fungus in the soil. 👍
Can they escape a vivarium?
Mosquito possibly, but it wouldn't end up being much of an issue, as they tend to die quite quickly in the less humid air inside a home.
how can I get rid of such this Springtails , I found too much of them in my house !
abdallah subh they will usually only exist where the humidity is very high. Is there a leak or other condition you can correct to reduce the humidity?
Aquarimax the problem is the humidity in general in our area is high and I can see a lot outdoor . My problem I found a lot in my bed room even if keeping AC On for a long time.
abdallah subh i can see how that would be a problem then! Have you looked into natural control methods, like food-grade diatomaceous earth?
is this kind of cleaning method ? do you think if i start using Clorox Bleach will help in this matter
abdallah subh food-grade diatomaceous earth is a powder derived from algae. It is fairly save for vertebrates, but tends to conto
invertebrates. However, I would consider the presence of springtails a symptom rather than the problem. They are likely feeding on mold. Control the mold, and the springtails are likely to decrease noticeably.
Can I use shirmp soil?
Morty Smith Good question, they will live on a variety of substrates, so you probably could, but I expect the particle size of shrimp soil will prevent them from making full use of all the surface area between the particles. That's one of the reasons small- to medium-sized pieces of charcoal work so well. 👍