Springtails are minute, primitive, wingless insects classified in the Order Collembola. The springtails are an important food source for other small animals. Show me a vivarium without mites, and I'll show you a hobbyist in need of a pair of glasses. Soil Mites – Another common mite in your vivarium, these mites are 100% harmless and have very similar breakdown adaptations to the springtails and isopods, making them a positive force in the vivarium. I set up my first ever bioactive vivarium last night (bio dude terra firma for a temperate biome of a Cali king snake) and I am going to wait 3 weeks for it to cycle before adding my snake. I was wondering what the best substrate to use to establish springtails. I'm not joking either-- every time I culture them in a container and keep their substrate moist and feed them, they don't explode like … Live vivarium substrate will sustain plant life, mycorrhizal fungi, beneficial microbes, and resist breaking down long-term. Then, as I run out, I move on to the springtails for a week or two. My own personal preference, for tiny dart frogs, is a combination of fruit flies and springtails. One of the most notable features about the springtail that makes them ideal for terrariums is their diet. Discussion Starter • #1 • Apr 13, 2007. Regularly you see that a springtail has become a victim of another animal like: spiders, mites, pseudoscorpions and a fly. 1,264 Posts . In my experience, I find it beneficial to fully flood an established springtail culture from time to time. ). Springtails and Isopods will also outcompete them and eventually dwindle their population to almost non-existent in your vivarium. When I feed my vivarium, I tuck half a grape, a bit of apple, small piece of banana, or a chunk of leftover, frozen jack o lantern from halloween, deeply into my leaf litter. Some Quick Tips About Springtail Culturing. A good live vivarium substrate is a critical element which helps ensure Isopods can establish & maintain a population within an enclosure long term. Springtails make a great live food, as well as a great cleanup crew in a vivarium. I have "black jungle tropical springtails" but for some reason, they culture poorly isolated from frogs. They are applied in the terrarium hobby as food for small frogs and you can even buy them commercially, special bred as frog food. I tend to buy a tub of each, feeding the adult fruit flies initially. Well being where I live it was alot harder to get frogs than I thought but I have ordered some and I will be receiving some within the next two weeks. I added a culture of springtails and plan to add isopods in the next few days. Is there such a thing as too many springtails in a vivarium lol I added microfauna to my vivarium at the beginning of September and the hope was to let it seed for about a month before I add frogs. 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