war against 'mites'

[flybyferns]

Two weeks ago I had a several cultures ( 3 varieties ) most crashed

And a lot of hungry PDF's

I had noticed they were very slow to develop despite my typical routine having been maintained... including my same culture medium.

3 of my cultlures had mites visible under the rim of the culture container .

I THREW EVERYTHING AWAY.
I drove an hour to my favorite herp shop and purchased 8 new cultures at different
stages of development --- sigh $$$
STARTED OVER

I changed culture medium---Switched to Repashy 'super fly'

HUGE difference --- even in w/ the stubborn Hydei cultures

washed down the entire FF rack w/ rubbing alcohol and rinsed ( I really don't want to use the insecticide shelf liner )



came up with this idea ?
double sided tape on each culture container about one inch from the bottom



so - far-so - good