How to Care for Springtails
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2019
- This is how I raise springtails and what has worked for me, hope it helps you keep and raise springtails too.
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for harvesting, if you use the water method you will also wash some of the eggs away and so slowdown production
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They will eat decaying plant matter, rice, anything like that. I chopped up some leaves from birch tree, and crushed up some organic rice into little crumbly pieces and dust. Mixed the chopped leaves and rice, got it wet, and applied it as a paste in my plant soil (I keep springtails in the plants they love it and my plants love it too) whenever I water the soil, they swarm out from under where I placed the food mixture. I am told it molds first, they eat the mold and it breaks down the vegetation/ rice over time. After about 4 days, the population has increased probably double, there so so many now. I also have some semifinished compost (bout 85% done, only small bits of leaves in very moist compost dirt) in the soil as well and that’s where they came from. They absolutely love it and I watch them after I water my plants. Gonna throw coffee grounds in there and watch them eat those 😹😹
Over the years, I’ve noticed a band of tiny, jumping insects around the base of each of my big, maple trees, on top of the snow. When I looked up what these were, I was quite charmed to learn about springtails, and I miss them in the years that the snow melts too quickly.
Did I understand correctly that I could bring some indoors and invite them to live on the dirt of my house plants? Would there be any benefit from them? I don’t have a terrarium, nor any pet frogs.
I’m looking forward to the serenade of the peepers starting up sometime soon, though I know I have to wait for most of our snow to melt!
Hello! Could you give us a follow up to this method? I am curios to hear your opinion on Clay based substrates, and if you tried them? Great video, keep up the good work!
I have a bioactive tank with some charcoal in it. Can I just trust that they eat the biodegradables i have in there? Or do i have to give them food?
Hi, I am getting a supply of springtails in 2 days. once I feed them etc. do I store them in a cool area that is dark or do they stay out under a light? thank you
How often do you change the charcoal? Great vid!
I just recently started using this method several months ago and so far haven't changed it at all. May have to change it every six months to a year.
I've been using charcoal for 5 years. Haven't changed it yet!
Is the food the same as the Fruit Fly Media?
Are there different breeds of springtails? Cause I am planing an arid terrarium for beardies. Or does it not matter as long as they have a wet spot (where the plants are)??? Good video, btw...thanks
There are 9000 different springtail species. Some are semi aquatic some are more dirt based.
It's probably a little late, but there are many types of springtails. For arid environments (leopard geckos, bearded dragons etc.) Temperate springtails are the ones I recommend most. You can keep some tropical species (pink springtails, white springtails etc.) in arid tanks, but they're not going to be as successful
Hi, bought 4qt. bag of Josh's charcoal for springtail substrate. The pieces was so small. Why would they sell them so small like that? I couldn't send it back so I am using it. I feel every time i move the container all them little pieces are shifting and probably killing some springtails. Am i just worrying to dam much?lol
Yeah you are worrying too much
Cant they eat mold? I was told to add a few pieces of rice or even elbow macaroni as their food
They seem to be able to eat some types of mold but others they don't touch, they can eat a variety of foods as they are detritivores which means they will eat just about anything decaying but especially decaying plant matter. The mix I suggest works really well for me that is why recommend it but there are many foods they can eat.
I use rice, it works well. Organic brown rice, they will swarm it after a day. They ate the mold right off one of my mango seeds, and brought it back from the brink.
Do they eat mold that grows on dirt?
Yeah
In my experience it depends on the type of mold and the species of springtail, some may and some may not.
Ok thanks for the info
Find someone who has a compost bin, dig in the finished or semi finished compost. You’ll get the best species for eating mold because of the environment they came from. Compost springtails are very aggressive with mold and fungi
Give them a slice of broccoli
Thell reproduce like FUCKEN CRAZY!!!
I'll have to give that a try
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Just keep in mind, it might smell like farts. 😅
But it does work. Mabe start out with a small piece.
Give em spirulina fish flakes lol they will also go insane