Culturing Springs in Viv?? - Page 3

Pumilo · #21 (**permalink**) 03-08-2012, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by varanoid

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but you can also toss a couple pinches of fleishman's yeast in the viv underneath the leaf litter from time to time. Works well for me.

I bury a couple of teaspoons of yeast an inch deep in the substrate when I build and dump the springtails there. Gives them a nice kick start.

dtown · #22 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 12:26 AM

Thats how you start off, but would that technique work to feed the culture on a weekly basis??

oneshot · #23 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 12:56 AM

I love this video:

In Tank Composting.wmv - YouTube

jbherpin · #24 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by oneshot

I love this video:

In Tank Composting.wmv - YouTube

VERY cool! Thank you for that! I will have to search(fire away) for the thread regarding compost media.

JBear

Pumilo · #25 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dtown

Thats how you start off, but would that technique work to feed the culture on a weekly basis??

Personally I only do that upon setup. I don't know if there would be any adverse reaction to the frogs to get active yeast all over him while hunting or not, so I don't take the chance. Other than that I keep plenty of leaf litter in the viv and I throw fruit and veggie scraps in whenever I think of it.

dtown · #26 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 02:40 AM

[QUOTE=oneshot;707228]I love this video:

In Tank Composting.wmv - YouTube[/QUOTE

I have spread my newly recieved springs amongst the tank. I also created 3 thimble size holes in the substrate and filled them with bakers yeast. I thought that spreading 1/3 of my new culture throughout my viv would help them reach all corners of the enclosure. When should I start to see a population boom in my viv??

Pumilo · #27 (**permalink**) 03-09-2012, 03:36 AM

You should be able to see baby springtails within a couple of weeks. A month can make a HUGE difference in a springtail population. Isopods take longer.

dtown · #28 (**permalink**) 03-10-2012, 08:25 AM

Can I use 100% natural wood chips to get the main culture going?

Pumilo · #29 (**permalink**) 03-10-2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dtown

Can I use 100% natural wood chips to get the main culture going?

I've never heard of anybody doing that.

Ed · #30 (**permalink**) 03-11-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumilo

I've never heard of anybody doing that.

It is similar to setting up a colony on ABG or peat moss, both of which were used more commonly in the past. It is just more difficult to collect them in mass, like you can by flooding a charcoal culture.

Ed