Thanks for your helpful videos. Your videos helped me immensely when I was just starting! I wanted to share what I have been doing that has killed all of my mites. I am using plastic tubs like you but instead of bug paper I am using diatomaceous earth. I put about a 1/4" - 1/2" layer of the white powder in the bottom of each tub and then set the jars directly into the powder so the fruit fly cultures are completely surrounded by the powder. I have been using the same powder for over a year now without changing it and it still works 100% and appears quite fresh. At the beginning, I could see piles of dead mites in the powder surrounding the bottom of each fly culture jar but now I don't notice any mites anywhere. I thought the powder might be messy and get everywhere but it doesn't. Also, since it's used outside of the jars it doesn't kill the flies. My cultures are booming and mite free thanks to your help, plastic tubs, diatomaceous earth, and HEHERP.
Please never stop making informational videos about your frogs and their care! Been researching and thinking about setting up an enclosure for a while now and your videos have to be my favorite! Thanks for all the great info and for sharing your awesome animals with us!
Thank you for posting this. I have the Diatomaceous Earth thankfully. I ordered some gloves though. I'm trying to avoid another collapse. We had a collapse last Saturday and had to hurry up and get more flies. Keep the information coming. Thank you.
Hey I know this is from 5 years ago, but I recently am doing fly cultures and I heard about the mites problem. I have lots of houseplants and buy predatory mites for spider mite infestations. Do you think that they could help curb mites from fruit flies? do you know what the species of mites is that attacks fruit flies?
Who's here because got a surprising mite infestation and didn't even knew was mite until got here well me PLS TELL ME HOW U GOT THEM ALL OUT CAUSE WE CLEAN THE CHAMALEON AND KEEP COMING UP
Hey do you use grow out tanks for your froglets? I'd love to see a video on how those are done if you do since there arent too many videos on them. Love your videos!
This is why you shouldn't rely on a single food type. I always have some bean weevil cultures along with fruit flies, to avoid food shortages in cases like this.
@@debbiedebbie9473 I got them online from an exotic pet seller. Just do a search for bean weevil cultures and a few options in your area should pop up. They're super easy to breed and harvest. Just put 10 or so adults in some standard clear plastic pots with around 50 dried beans or peas and hey presto you have loads of them.
Excellent video. Even though I don’t do any frog stuff.I used to have big frog body pillows though. And I also have a frog piñata. I got it for My kids birthday years ago, we never did use it!! I still have it too. Anyway, great video. Thanks
Just stumbled upon your channel today! I got my first dart frogs this morning, Phyllobates vittatus!! I'm hooked!! My house looks like your house only it's all fish tanks. I keep lots of cool fish including freshwater stingrays! They live in a 480 gallon system that I built in my bedroom. Now I'm probably going to go way overboard on frogs. Well anyway, wanted to introduce myself and let you know I love your videos and will be a loyal supporter from this day forward!!
Hard to tell in the video but it looks like your cultures are touching each other and the sides of the bins. If so it defeats the purpose of any preventative measures.
A culture of mine is doing something I wasn't expecting. The flies seem lethargic. I am feeding them to praying mantids and a surprising number of mantids are dying. Could the 2 problems be related?
Hi, I do not understand English, that's why I use a translator.I have seen that you also have problems with mites. Do you know any method to kill them?Thank you.
This is what i am trying to figure out. I noticed one little mite on my previous culture and several in my current one(i only have one). Did you ever find out a way to get rid of them? I cant have my flies die. Ugh.
Mites like to crawl upwards. If your lids are touching each other and the side of the large container (which they are) then it's really defeating the purpose of the paper on the bottom.
OMG that sucks! How did they still infest the cultures on the mite paper? I learn so much from you, thank you for sharing! And what do you do to get rid of them all? Do you have to throw away all of the cultures?
The mite paper ran out of its active ingredient and I didn't replace it in time to prevent this! They need a host to survive, so as long as I isolate all of the cultures with the mite paper, they should die off. I should also wipe down the whole shelf to disinfect. I'll throw out the cultures as they crash. They will crash before their natural end at 28 days. They may barely last three weeks if I'm lucky. I'm glad you enjoyed it!! Preventing mites is so valuable!!
Mites suck :p I clean the shelve with biokill and dry it with a paper towel. Lower temperatures and humidity result in a lot less mites. You should breed pea aphids Those are my main foodsource Less problems and no smell:p
Mites seem to eat fly and mealworm eggs, which causes a complete stop in the reproduction cycle. Mites breed incredibly faster than anything you would raise.
I had 7 cultures near each other that all crashed at the same time. I wondered why until I saw mites on all of them. But I don't understand why, if mites don't directly hurt the flies but only compete with them for food, they cause all the flies to die if there is still food. I wonder if something else might have killed them. Many larvae survived in some of them, so I kept them and they've produced many flies.
hi I like the ideas for the mites yet my question is someone said the mites eat and live with the fruit flies oops sorry I babble I get to the point the mites are in the container with the flies where do they come from and can they be prevented from existing thank you for the video take care y'all and enjoy life 🎥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 👵🐟🧜♀️♎🕊😷🤓😎🤔🤐 do mites bite people ??? °¿° *÷* ,'_' 🙊🙉🙈well I try 🌞
Mites. A species on Earth I strongly have no sympathy for and would like to see exterminated from the surface of Earth. At least roaches can be used to feed lizards and frogs and stuff. Mites are just evil.
Thanks for your helpful videos. Your videos helped me immensely when I was just starting! I wanted to share what I have been doing that has killed all of my mites. I am using plastic tubs like you but instead of bug paper I am using diatomaceous earth. I put about a 1/4" - 1/2" layer of the white powder in the bottom of each tub and then set the jars directly into the powder so the fruit fly cultures are completely surrounded by the powder. I have been using the same powder for over a year now without changing it and it still works 100% and appears quite fresh. At the beginning, I could see piles of dead mites in the powder surrounding the bottom of each fly culture jar but now I don't notice any mites anywhere. I thought the powder might be messy and get everywhere but it doesn't. Also, since it's used outside of the jars it doesn't kill the flies. My cultures are booming and mite free thanks to your help, plastic tubs, diatomaceous earth, and HEHERP.
Thank you for this.❤
Please never stop making informational videos about your frogs and their care! Been researching and thinking about setting up an enclosure for a while now and your videos have to be my favorite! Thanks for all the great info and for sharing your awesome animals with us!
They can crawl up the back of the paper! Have it flat! This just happened to me.
We need updates on everything, you're videos are AWESOME
Thank you for posting this. I have the Diatomaceous Earth thankfully. I ordered some gloves though. I'm trying to avoid another collapse. We had a collapse last Saturday and had to hurry up and get more flies. Keep the information coming. Thank you.
Hey I know this is from 5 years ago, but I recently am doing fly cultures and I heard about the mites problem. I have lots of houseplants and buy predatory mites for spider mite infestations. Do you think that they could help curb mites from fruit flies? do you know what the species of mites is that attacks fruit flies?
Who's here because got a surprising mite infestation and didn't even knew was mite until got here well me PLS TELL ME HOW U GOT THEM ALL OUT CAUSE WE CLEAN THE CHAMALEON AND KEEP COMING UP
Hey do you use grow out tanks for your froglets? I'd love to see a video on how those are done if you do since there arent too many videos on them. Love your videos!
This is why you shouldn't rely on a single food type.
I always have some bean weevil cultures along with fruit flies, to avoid food shortages in cases like this.
Where did you get those
@@debbiedebbie9473 I got them online from an exotic pet seller.
Just do a search for bean weevil cultures and a few options in your area should pop up.
They're super easy to breed and harvest.
Just put 10 or so adults in some standard clear plastic pots with around 50 dried beans or peas and hey presto you have loads of them.
Excellent video. Even though I don’t do any frog stuff.I used to have big frog body pillows though. And I also have a frog piñata. I got it for My kids birthday years ago, we never did use it!!
I still have it too. Anyway, great video. Thanks
Just stumbled upon your channel today! I got my first dart frogs this morning, Phyllobates vittatus!! I'm hooked!! My house looks like your house only it's all fish tanks. I keep lots of cool fish including freshwater stingrays! They live in a 480 gallon system that I built in my bedroom. Now I'm probably going to go way overboard on frogs. Well anyway, wanted to introduce myself and let you know I love your videos and will be a loyal supporter from this day forward!!
Curious if you placed those fly paper around the bins if that would control some of the mites?
Did you ever use flake fish food as that can cause mites quite easy .
Do you have to throw it out or can you just wash it out and reuse it
from the look of the spider web on your shelf you also have a brown recluse infestation.
you can't control mites until you start with mite free cultures.
I don't have frogs but have praying mantis. I am new to all of this and I am wondering is the mite paper and spray will be safe for them?
Can you do a video on dart frogs for beginners? Or how you know if dart frogs are right for you? I love your videos and your voice!
I can't find the mite paper anywhere on amazon does it still sell the paper on there?
Hard to tell in the video but it looks like your cultures are touching each other and the sides of the bins. If so it defeats the purpose of any preventative measures.
Are these mites harmful to ants???
A culture of mine is doing something I wasn't expecting. The flies seem lethargic. I am feeding them to praying mantids and a surprising number of mantids are dying. Could the 2 problems be related?
Hi, I do not understand English, that's why I use a translator.I have seen that you also have problems with mites. Do you know any method to kill them?Thank you.
How do you save your fly breeding if you allready have a mite infestation?
This is what i am trying to figure out. I noticed one little mite on my previous culture and several in my current one(i only have one). Did you ever find out a way to get rid of them? I cant have my flies die. Ugh.
Mites like to crawl upwards. If your lids are touching each other and the side of the large container (which they are) then it's really defeating the purpose of the paper on the bottom.
OMG that sucks! How did they still infest the cultures on the mite paper? I learn so much from you, thank you for sharing! And what do you do to get rid of them all? Do you have to throw away all of the cultures?
The mite paper ran out of its active ingredient and I didn't replace it in time to prevent this! They need a host to survive, so as long as I isolate all of the cultures with the mite paper, they should die off. I should also wipe down the whole shelf to disinfect. I'll throw out the cultures as they crash. They will crash before their natural end at 28 days. They may barely last three weeks if I'm lucky. I'm glad you enjoyed it!! Preventing mites is so valuable!!
will you make more videos in the future?????
I don't understand how you had mites in those cultures if you say the paper you use works? those cultures were lined with the paper?? I'm confused
I believe she went and got the paper after the infestation.
Shout out from Costa Rica! Thanks for coming and of course, I hoped you like it!
Mites suck :p
I clean the shelve with biokill and dry it with a paper towel.
Lower temperatures and humidity result in a lot less mites.
You should breed pea aphids
Those are my main foodsource
Less problems and no smell:p
Where do u buy? Are they very nutritional? Thx for idea
Im a new subscriber
hi how do you feed the fruit flies to the frog
without the mites getting
eatin by the frogs
?????? 🙃🤓😎🙃😷🙀
👵🐟♎🕊🕊
Mites seem to eat fly and mealworm eggs, which causes a complete stop in the reproduction cycle. Mites breed incredibly faster than anything you would raise.
Are you ok? You've been gone a long time
Hi it’s a pity that you can’t feed the mites to your frogs lol thanks for the interesting video
Hi! Question, how deep of a drainage layer would you put in a terrarium that measures 36L×18w×12H?
I had 7 cultures near each other that all crashed at the same time. I wondered why until I saw mites on all of them. But I don't understand why, if mites don't directly hurt the flies but only compete with them for food, they cause all the flies to die if there is still food. I wonder if something else might have killed them. Many larvae survived in some of them, so I kept them and they've produced many flies.
WHAT DID U DO TO GET RID OF THE MITES? i have millions of em all over my desk rn
@@elijahsmith2437 I don't see that mine spread past the fly cultures. Can you wipe them up?
The mites feed on the flies.... not the food
They’re everywhere, I see them squirming around. There’s a lot. I wonder if they bite and if they’re bad for humans. Hmm
hi I like the ideas for the mites yet my question
is someone said the mites
eat and live with the fruit
flies oops sorry I babble
I get to the point the mites are in the container with the flies where do they come from and can they be prevented from existing
thank you for the video take care y'all and enjoy life 🎥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
👵🐟🧜♀️♎🕊😷🤓😎🤔🤐
do mites bite people
??? °¿° *÷* ,'_'
🙊🙉🙈well I try 🌞
Her voice is cute
Sorry that happened
You don't want them on your fingers when they are all over your house
Poor dogs are gonna be happy once the mites are cut down a bit
Uuugh I hate mites 🥶
You still alive fam?
Mites. A species on Earth I strongly have no sympathy for and would like to see exterminated from the surface of Earth. At least roaches can be used to feed lizards and frogs and stuff. Mites are just evil.
You're breeding these things? Why ..... I'm desperately trying to eradicate them