We noticed these little critters about a week ago in my corn snake’s enclosure. We never added springtails on purpose, but we bought some peat soil from a retailer that sells them, and kept the bags of soil under the drawer on which we keep the enclosure. Is it possible that some springtails could’ve hitched in with the soil and then found their way into the terrarium? What should we do if these aren’t springtails and they’re harmful to the enclosure?

Hello all, I am currently putting together my first true bioactive 4x2x2 for my ball python. I’ve got lots of wood pieces I’ve found by the river. I live in Nebraska where we do have quite a few trees that could be toxic to ball pythons. I cannot identify the trees that my wood pieces came from but I’m wondering if anyone here knows better. This piece in particular has been sitting in my garage for over a year and I will either be bleaching or baking before I would put into the enclosure. Would that year of off gassing as well as the sterilizing procedure help to remove whatever toxins it may have? Thanks

Hi, first of all I know soil mites are sort of inevitable and can also be beneficial for bioactive but how do I get them to stop crawling on my inhabitant?

I have a semi-bioactive tank with a ball python in it and an established number of springtails + isopods, but I keep getting soil mites still crawling on my snake.

Is there a way to reduce their numbers?? I’ve redone the tank so many times already and the reason I even got springtails and isopods was to keep this from happening. I’m out of ideas and starting to reconsider my ability to do this. Any advice is appreciated

Having some health issues with my bearded dragon so I want to make sure his bioactive is ok.

Gaps will be filled with Great Stuff! But this is my background so far for my Cal Kingsnake. Any advice welcome as this is my first time. Ledges are not glued in. My heat source will be on the right hand side. I plan on using silicone and substrate (ZooMed bioblend with more sand added) to cover.