Please, tips on cleaning

[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.

[mrk]

stupid question...What is a spring tail and will Whites eat them all up?

[LilyPad]

stupid question...What is a spring tail and will Whites eat them all up?

Little bugs that eat the bad stuff in your aquarium. It depends how big your whites are. My biggest gray tree frog wont touch a fruit fly, so she would probably leave springtails alone. My two little ones chow down fruit flies though and would probably thoroughly enjoy some springtails!

[mrk]

That sounds like something I would love to try! We will soon be moving our juvenile WTFs to a 150 gallon vivarium. Where do you purchase springtails?

[MikeM670]

I reseed my vivariums about once a month form the springtail cultures I have setup.

[DonLisk]

I reseed my vivariums about once a month form the springtail cultures I have setup.

Mike, your frogs eating all those springtails? hehehehe