Fungus gnats

[CJ PELCHER]

I hate to say this but i have this problem as well.

Not even 2 days after putting new organic soil into my tanks i have about 20 of those things in there... as soon as i open the screen top they swarm in my face. So if you find a solution to this problem ID LOVE TO KNOW. If only I could put darts in my tree frog tank. They would gobble those things right up! (NOTE: I DO NOT HAVE KNATS IN MY DART FROG TANKS! NONE OF THEM!

I think thats the only solution without chemicals..... haha sigh... wouldn't it be nice to have an all natural eco system and mixing species of frogs >.<.

AS FAR AS THEM BITING: NO id think not... They breed and eat stuff in the soil. (as far as I know)
AS FAR AS THEM ANNOYING /PESTERING THE FROGS: Yes. My dumpy's HATE THEM!!! Dumpys always try to kick them off with their legs. I see it every now and then. No bite marks or reactions so I think they are just landing on them.

As far as my red eyes...they make no notice of them. For my rubys...they make no notice of them....for my green tree frogs and baja california tree frogs... no bother. Darts of various species: DINNER BELLS START RINGING!

[Eric Walker]

Sorry to say this but once you have them you will almost certainly NEVER fully get rid of them. Now as far as biting. No worries their. I DO have them in my dart tanks but in limited numbers. They will eventually fizzle down to tolerable but compleatly eradicating them is next to impossibly. Do you have house plants? They will breed in there as well. I almost gave up on my hobbie/passion because of a long term nasty infestation of them. Took almost 5 months to knock it down to the point where they weren't flying around the whole house and not just the basement. They hitched a ride in a few vivs from our old house to the new one and once I set back up went crazy. I did all sorts of things to keep them at bay and in the end it just took patients and time. I do know of a biological larvicide that works well for keeping them out of your house plants that was recommended to me by a frogger at a zoo that is supposedly safe for use around frogs but I never used it in an occupied viv. I dont feel OK about recommending it for use directly with frogs but as far as house plants go it worked great for cutting Down on breeding grounds