Springtail cultivating

[Heatheranne]

Yes, aquarium type charcoal is what you're looking for .

[flybyferns]

I keep mine in ( unvented) containers on ABG / moistened with distilled water/ feed them - only- active - dry yeast

this is a 1 pound deli container:

[Orlauskas]

Sounds as well see many people growing them by self and have different tactics .

[dmallia]

I grow mine in unventilated cointainers on coco fibre as substrate and feed them bakers yeast. I tried several food types like rice, banana, mashed apple, papaya but they go crazy for bakers yeast. I don't recommend food with cerial grain like rice since they can have mites and ruin your culture. I got my first 2 cultures 3 weeks ago and 1 week after I made my own culture and now there is one huge colony in the container.

[slimninj4]

I make my own using distilled water and charcoal. Put a small bit of rice in there and they grow. Then I put a couple spoonfuls of them in the viv. I will have to try the yeast.

[Mmfh]

Wow, I never heard about raising springtails this way. I keep mine on millipede soil relatively dry with one spot I spray with declorinated tap water every two days. I feed them cucumber, potato, celery, grapes....you name it and they eat it. Currently my cultures are out of control lol.

[Ash]

Everyone has given good advice which they personally use. I will just add that different varieties of springtails may require or rather thrive more on a "soil" type substrates whereas others do better on charcoal. We currently culture Silver, Tropical, Temperate and Tropical Pink Springtails, We have found by Our large master cultures of springtails that silver springtails do better on ABG type substrate whereas Our temperate springtails really boom on charcoal and then we transfer them to soil. When you receive your Springtail cultures split them onto different media and grow them out before transferring to your viv noting what seems to work best..