Pink springs

[Grrrit]

Do the pink springs produce slower? A little while back I purchased a few spring cultures (not my first springs, just the first time I've had the pink ones and used this method) and it seems the havent produced half as much as the tropicals and temperates I got at the some time. I received each culture with coir and such a media, so I followed the methods in "pumilios" thread on how to coax them into charcoal cultures. Maybe I should have goren kingsford instead of the offbrand jk but today I was dividing the larger cultures to make more and repeat the process with the same cultures I received. Idk why theyre producing so slow but at least they are. And I havent spotted any mites. I ben keeping my eyes peeled.

Lol and my christo froglets got a few thousand extra springs thrown in their viv while I ws working

[Pumilo]

Pinks do produce slower than Temperate whites. In my experience though, they establish better in vivs. This makes them both valuable assets to work with.

[Grrrit]

Originally Posted by Pumilo

Pinks do produce slower than Temperate whites. In my experience though, they establish better in vivs. This makes them both valuable assets to work with.

Thanks! Your the man!

[motydesign]

Originally Posted by Pumilo

Pinks do produce slower than Temperate whites. In my experience though, they establish better in vivs. This makes them both valuable assets to work with.

really? i have had faster response from pinks than any other spring ive worked with. how are you keeping the pinks?

[Pumilo]

Originally Posted by motydesign

really? i have had faster response from pinks than any other spring ive worked with. how are you keeping the pinks?

On charcoal, in a coco fiber and peat mix, and in a sphagnum mix. Fed on yeast and with filtered containers like in my thread. I've actually never heard anyone say that a pink will outproduce a temperate white springtail.

[hypostatic]

Originally Posted by motydesign

really? i have had faster response from pinks than any other spring ive worked with. how are you keeping the pinks?

I agree with Pumilo; my pinks reproduce at a rate that is a small fraction of what my temperates do. I believe I've read that Folsoma candida reproduces by parthenogenesis, which would be one reason they reproduce faster.

[motydesign]

well i am doing it wrong then ok so my trick is the same as the trick for pumilios... LEAF LITTER

i do a bed of fine crushed charcoal 1/4 to 1/2" deep then 4 or so inches of scrub oak leaves. fed ONLY bakers yeast when required.

i also JUST divided this and another that ive had for 2 months into 2 cultures each. so now i have a total of 6 pinks going right now. you can see i JUST did the division 2 days ago being the replacement leaves are still a touch green hahaha

maybe i can teach the OLD-bug-man (yes emphasized jk)
its HD so blow it up big to get the full effect.

[Pumilo]

Nice. I do get production like that. I'm not saying they reproduce slowly, just that my white temperates reproduce faster. Take a hundred white temperates and a hundred pinks and see which culture hits 10,000 first. That's all I'm saying.
I might play with some leaves but if I put leaves in both, I still think the whites will produce faster.

[hypostatic]

Moty, do you have a layer/pool of water at the bottom of the pink cultures? Is the culture ventilated?

[motydesign]

Ummmm I will do a little un scientific experiment then. You need to realize that was only two months old, started off as a little culture with maybe 500 bugs. Maybe Doug you just produce bugs faster than I can fathom hahah
Hypo, the coal is wet and kinda like a muddy mix as best I can discribe but there is water enough that you stick your finger in it, It comes out wet. It's unvented, shoe boxes are pretty open IMO.