For those interested... here is the above link translated to English. I didn't take the time to go through and correct for sentence structure or tense, so it's not the easiest to read right now but you should be able to get the jist. There is also a few words I wasn't able to translate, but you get the idea...
Spring tails are terrariums for some animals, but also for some of aquarium fish is an important element for the welfare and good nutrition. For one, "only" a welcome change in the dining plan, for the other, especially for the tiny terrariums among the animals, they are for survival. This could, for example, young animals of some poison arrow frog species or genus some chameleons Brookesia without this feed is not fed in the terrarium. For this reason, many Vivarianer deal with the breeding of this for their Pfleglinge important forage species.
Spring tails (Collembola) form with well over 3000 species zoological seen their own regulations. They come worldwide, even in the most inhospitable habitats such as the glaciers (Isotoma saltans) or on the surface of lakes (Podura aquatica). Most species live, but probably in the soil and humus in the forest and make it an important contribution to the fabric cycle in nature. They are for the crushing of dead animal and plant parts is responsible, they will be for further biodegradation prepare. These were quantities of 2000 Spring cocks in a litre of forest humus. Your name owe the animals jump Fork, about which most species. It will calmly under the body noted with concern, however, clicking the fork back and catapulted the animal often several inches forward. Although the number of species is so immense, terraristisch seen, ie as animal feed, so far only 3-4 types interesting. The most common type is probably bred up to 3 mm wide, snow-white Folsomia candida. This species is often used in flower pots of indoor plants, where it is easy to obtain a breeding approach. These floods is the flower pot with water. Since the Spring tails countless approximately 0.3 μ m wide, unbenetzbare Mikrotuberkel on their body surface, they swim, so that they are easily from the water surface skimming.
Spring tails are usually always on a humid to haltendem substrate (such as peat, gypsum boards, Mexifarnplatten) in plastic pots and held regularly, usually every 2 to 4 days, with flakes zerriebenem food for aquarium fish, potato slices, soy flour, beer yeast or other Geheimrezepten fed. They repeated the procedure lid on, feed pure, cover, several times, depending on how many farms it operates. Since the removal of the animals feeding on mostly by the Spring Ausklopfen tails from the oblique held containers, must be the breeding and plattenförmig substrate so that this procedure is not in the aquarium or terrarium lands. This disk structure has the disadvantage that the animals only the surface of the substrate settle without loose and porous material to be able to penetrate through the use of the settlement area and the population density could be increased considerably. Another disadvantage is that the choice for Spring tails unnatural substrates: one forgets that the feeding for a few days, or is due to holidays or other circumstances not in a position to supply its Springschwanzzuchten, the population density in the cultures within a few days back very rapidly.
Due to these considerations, I tried other loose materials from the settlement area of the Spring tails increase in a certain food reservoir should include: peat, bark, beech and oak hardwood forest humus and, in the usual plastic vessels, slightly wetted with breeding animals angeimpft. Before using the leaves and the humus still for about 5 minutes in the microwave heat to possibly existing Asseln, mites and other unwanted guests off. On all substrates were jumping well grow tails. When humus fell while additionally, that the cultures are not too sensitive to light feeding responded. Also in the farms with humus, which intentionally not once fed, increased the Spring tails just as quickly, as in the fed approaches. Logically actually, but it breeds in its natural substrate, in which they-at least in the first few months-enough food. The removal of the animals feeding designed to be very difficult, but came at the usual overturning of tanks and beaten Spring tails of the whole with humus. It was also a breeding method to find the overturning of a breeding animal feed container for removal unnecessary.
In the construction market, or plants available plant breeding Bowls with the dimensions 22 x 17 x 5 cm (LxWxH) were selected as a breeding tank. Therefore, I stuck to measure a glass cabinet, in which the containers to slide schubfachartig superimposed. The tank has the dimensions 24 x 30 x 51 cm (LxWxH). The front page is divided, the upper part with 48.5 cm height is a door with side silicone hinge and can be pasted into it very tightly. The bottom of the front page consists of a 2.5 cm high, firmly glued glass bridge. The deck to the rear wheel is about 2 cm gap, so that the condensation on the reverse side expires. The plant breeding shells are 15 mm wide strip of glass, the two side windows were stuck in the cupboard inserted. The lower bowl is also on rails, so that at the bottom of the Zuchtschrankes approximately 3 cm. The bottom plate of Glasschrankes is pasted into slanting, so that a gap left front. At this deepest station is the glass bridge the front page a 10 mm bore to the removal of feed animals, with a rubber stopper. The 7 breeding shells were approximately 3 cm high with loose humus from a beech forest filled, and so much water nanašanje that a water level of about 1 mm materialise. Each bowl has been a breeding approach of Spring versehen tails, and so in the glass cupboard inserted that the rear edge of the rear window of the cabinet touched. This has the sense that the Spring tails only at the leading edge of some centimeters distance from the glass door, escaping from the shells. The cabinet has been breeding in my room up terrariums in which the temperature is between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius. It turned in a breeding cabinet humidity of 90 - 100%. Well, it was only waiting. In the first weeks, I have a few Springsteen tails, which is by escaping from the shells collected at the bottom, not feed. I washed it every week, once with water from the extraction bore into a bowl and gave it back to the breeding shells. Only about 3 months after I began to the crowd of about half a teaspoon of the week below. The number of containers on the ground collecting animals grew steadily, so that I, since the culture for half a year in operation, about every 2-3 days a yield of a teaspoon to feeding. The breeding is now already more than 1 ½ years for me. It apparently has a balance between the Spring tails escapes from the breeding shells and their propagation. Although hardly look at the first animals in the breeding shells can be seen, as they for the most part in humus disappeared, the number of individuals is much higher than when my past breedings with the substrate plate was. This, I have reviewed, I have a breeding bowl flooded with water. Amazingly, how many animals because on the surface appeared! The main advantage of this breeding method, however, is that they are almost without sufficient care. Only every 2-3 weeks with something must be pulverized nachgefüttert fish feed. This is the fodder aufgestreut and then with a fork untergemengt the substrate. Additionally, as required fresh humus added, as in the breeding of these shells gradually collapses. As a "long-time fodder" I use the leaves of slightly rotting tree species such as chestnut, cherry, walnut, etc. The foliage will be in the autumn, dried and demand crumbles and in the breeding shells. From the leaves after a few weeks is only the Blattgerippe left, a sign that the Spring tails tasted. After about a year, leaves and humus dismantled extent that it is a pampigen mass compacted. Then, the entire contents of the shell, after separation of Spring tails removed and replaced by fresh substrate. This care is not cost more to the relationship that I once had when I have 20 to 30 individual plastic bowls with lids every 2 days supply. The total yield is about as I do otherwise with about 20 breeding containers the size of 11 x 11 x 5 cm achieved. In order larger quantities of animal feed to have, one would have to breeding cabinet and shells larger dimension.
In summary, that the described method for breeding from Spring tails at me perfectly well. It has proved to be extremely pflegearm and stable. Also mite infestation and mold growth so far, probably due to the high population density of the Spring tails, not yet occurred. Only the long some of at least 3 months, but you absolutely must comply, a Gedultsprobe for each animal breeders feed dar.
I hope that this article be a little Spring tail breeders to encourage to glass cutters and silicone syringe to grasp and even take a "mini compost pile for the living room" to stick. It is him permanently save some work!
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