What's this in my Springtail Culture? Look

Thanks Kero, I'm pretty sure it's just fungus. I ermoved as much as I could, and hopefully my springs will be thriving again. How can I get my springs thriving by the way?

[KeroKero]

I've had fungus totally take over a culture it seems... and it would just go away again... after a massive boom of springtails! Remember these guys eat fungus... you don't want to overload the food and have fungus everywhere, but you don't need a perfectly clean culture either... just hold off feeding until the fungus disapears. Everytime I add new leaves, cardboard, paper towels, the like, I stop feeding the cultures. They will have plenty of eat when the fungus blooms on those things paper towel = springtail vacation feeder!

:x :x :x :x I'm so stupid. As in the last post, I tried to remove any I could :? :lol: . People were debating if they were mites or not, so I went the safe way and removed it all, oh well.

What kinds of food do you guys give your cultures to promote pop. explosions?

[rbrightstone]

I use couscous and brewers yeast. Once a month I add some crushed pesticide free leaves from my oak and maple trees in my back yard. I have also used very small portions from beer mash (the remains from brewing beer), and they go crazy for the next week or 2. Use only very small amounts of the beer mash though.

I feed them every other day, is this ok?

[themann42]

i get that stuff quite often, and i feed mostly fish flakes and lettuce. it just comes and goes, and it seems like i see it more when i feed more, so i think it's just a fungus. my springs still produce great so i wouldn't worry about it. from the looks of it, it's the same exact stuff i get.

[stchupa]

The more often you feed them better. Feed them very little as often as you can. You'll get to the point where you can tell how much they will eat each day once the population steadies.

Thanks for the suggestions!