Please, tips on cleaning

[Leefrogs]

Ive had my2 whites about 6 weeks now, and I'm thinking I should do my first cleaning. Reason being, new vivs usually get mold, from what I've read. I spot clean poop and change water daily, and wipe down favorite sleeping spots weekly. It's a 33 gal, super natralistic, rock layer bottom 2", coco husk 1", 2" moss. I don't see any moisture trapped in rock layer, or any mold. But I have seen crickets in rock layer, until I got all gaps closed. It still smells fresh, like moss. So is it due for cleaning? And does any1 have any tips for making this a quick painless process. Can I just have a 5 gal bucket of hot water and toss everything in? Will this do, or is bleaching always required? Thank you.

[Jumper]

I seed all my enclosures with springtails. Granted mine are darts, and a smaller frog, the springtails should still be a small help. Some of my enclosures have not been touched in 2 years.

[Leefrogs]

exactly why small frogs are so tempting. I'm waiting for spring to get some real moss in there, and that should maybe cut my cleaning to a couple times a year. I worry bout white fuzzy mold I found in vertical bamboo I got from store. It was molding 2 weeks before frogs even got home. So should I wait for it to smell?
Also, do spring tails just eat the solid waste, or urine?

[Jumper]

They eat moldy, dead, decaying, smelly stuff.

[kienieb1]

so how do you keep the spring tails from multiplying? Do the frogs eat them? How about using worms for cleaning?

[John]

Small frogs (thumbnail dart frogs, very young toads, very young frogs) will eat spring tails. I always find they eventually wipe out the spring tails in small terrariums. Worms are a mixed bag. I have encytraeid worms in most of my terrariums and they are more unsightly than helpful, so I started getting rid of them in new terrariums and refits.

[Shanny]

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[Terralitoria]

hmmm i brought a book about small animals in new zealand and it says you can just find them in leaf litter in the forest.

[eric048]

try bugsincyberspace they have cleaner packs