Help..Little white mites on fruit fly container

[MantellaGuy]

I just purchased flies from petco the container had little white mites crawling all over it..I the sales rep said they aren't a problem but my gut thinks they are...I washed Down the container with water and sprayed some mite repellent on the container also....should I just throw this away and find a new store or is it ok?

Hi Greg,

Well, the shop your purchased them from is highly incorrect, the Fruit Mite can actually wipe out an entire culture and more cultures. I have sterilised a tub before now with boiling hot water (you must her use any chemical with any Amphibian species, especially their potential food tubs) and they still come back. In all honesty get rid and find a new supplier, because keeping it with the other cultures will eventually cause another outbreak of them.

hope this helps,

Joshua