Springtails for new terrarium

[clownonfire]

Dude your awsome Your so helpful, thank you!

Another question. Do i get regular springtails or tropical springtails? and will they need fruit flies as well? or just springtails?

Also can I add a little bit of aquarium gravel sized rocks to my water feature or is that risking ingestion during feeding?

It's my pleasure. I love all my frogs, but my darts are my favorites (i don't want the other ones hearing this though).

Springtails wont be enough for your thumbs. You will need to feed them fruit flies, and for thumbs, it will be D. melanogaster (here's a great thread for Fruit Flies cultures: http://www.frogforum.net/care-articl...rosophila.html). As for springtails, here's another great question that Poison Beauties could answer (he's been very helpful with me when I started, and most of what I know comes from him). And to quote Michael: Temperate or Tropical they all thrive under the same conditions. So both should be fine. I use the temperate ones.

As for the gravel, Frog Forum's founder John made a viv last year for his P. terribilis (can't wait to have mine) that used small gravel and it seems to be fine. You'll find the pictures here: http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...terrarium.html.

[itzjezze]

It's my pleasure. I love all my frogs, but my darts are my favorites (i don't want the other ones hearing this though).

Springtails wont be enough for your thumbs. You will need to feed them fruit flies, and for thumbs, it will be D. melanogaster (here's a great thread for Fruit Flies cultures: http://www.frogforum.net/care-articl...rosophila.html). As for springtails, here's another great question that Poison Beauties could answer (he's been very helpful with me when I started, and most of what I know comes from him). And to quote Michael: Temperate or Tropical they all thrive under the same conditions. So both should be fine. I use the temperate ones.

As for the gravel, Frog Forum's founder John made a viv last year for his P. terribilis (can't wait to have mine) that used small gravel and it seems to be fine. You'll find the pictures here: http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...terrarium.html.

Ive been looking at getting some springtails but the cheapest I can find them is $20 (including shipping) at Josh'sfrogs.com, i dont have much experience in buying bugs but that seems a little steep of a price for little bugs lol is there any other place or way to obtain these bugs? Ive read a few forums of people getting them out of there backyard but I dont know if that would be safe...

[clownonfire]

Ive been looking at getting some springtails but the cheapest I can find them is $20 (including shipping) at Josh'sfrogs.com, i dont have much experience in buying bugs but that seems a little steep of a price for little bugs lol is there any other place or way to obtain these bugs? Ive read a few forums of people getting them out of there backyard but I dont know if that would be safe...

Michael Lawrence might still have some (Poison Beauties). I suggest you contact him!

[itzjezze]

Michael Lawrence might still have some (Poison Beauties). I suggest you contact him!

I asked him, he ran out lol but I went to bugsincyberspace.com and they were $13 (including shipping) for a culture of 50. Hopefully they all arrive in one piece

[clownonfire]

I asked him, he ran out lol but I went to bugsincyberspace.com and they were $13 (including shipping) for a culture of 50. Hopefully they all arrive in one piece

That's great.... I wonder what dismembered springtails would look like...

[itzjezze]

That's great.... I wonder what dismembered springtails would look like...

lol I dont want to find out XD

[clownonfire]

Hey,

Well I contacted my friends and it seems he doesn't have any thumbs. But here's a link to Understory Enterprises. They have some, always available I think. They also ship to the US. And they have great lineage. Also, part of the money they receive for the frogs go to conservation efforts in South America.

Understory Enterprises Inc. - Homepage

Eric