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When
you want to seed your tank with springtails there is a
couple ways this can be done. Place a piece of
fruit or vegetable on top of the soil in the springtail
culture overnight. The next morning the piece of fruit
should be covered in springtails. Hold that piece of
fruit over top of the vivarium and blow gently. This
will cause the springtails to fall into the tank.
Another way of doing this is to take some of the soil
from the springtail culture and place it directly into
the vivarium.
If
you have provided enough leave litter and places to hide
then springtails will start producing in your tank.
If your springtail culture is made with charcoal and easy way to get them
out is to flood the culture. By adding water to the
culture the spring tails will float to the top. Using
your hand or the culture lid hold back the charcoal and
dump the water into the vivarium. Leaving
the charcoal in the container will ensure that some
springtails stay in the culture and continue to
reproduce.
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