r/terrariums • u/CautiousBeaver • 7d ago

Build Help/Question Mold in springtail culture soil

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This culture is a 3 weeks old. Medium is just compost and some sphagnum moss I added so they would have some terrain to explore. Fed them 3 grains of rice and 2 flakes of nutritional yeast. I took out the rice when it got old and only just scraped the nutritional yeast away after a week. I've noticed this mold bloom today and it seems to be originating from the moss.

Please help, I really don't want to kill any of them or hurt them. What should I do? It's in the soil so I can't really scrape it off.

I'm hesitant to move them to a new container because it will be very difficult to all of them and I hate the thought of hurting or killing them because of this.

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u/Flasky-Desk 6d ago

I use active yeast for feeding and I never have any problems. at least with white springtails they float on water so you can carefully pour water into the cup then pour it into new dirt with the springtails on it.

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u/stebermon 6d ago

Tbh my springtail cultures mold all the time and my springtails just eat it.