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Just sharing a story of a newbie mistake in the hopes of keeping others from doing the same...
I bought two starter cultures of springtails. They came in very nice, airtight food storage containers. Per the advice I read on the board, I put some rice and a cucumber peel into each of the containers. I bought new larger containers and had intended to move the colonies to the new containers over the weekend. Well, I wasn't feeling very well and didn't get around to it. I didn't open the containers until Tuesday evening and found all the springtails in both containers dead. Why? I'm guessing that the bacteria that were breaking down the cucumber peel (it had a rotten smell) had used up all the available oxygen and as I had not opened the containers in several days, my colonies suffocated.
I bought two starter cultures of springtails. They came in very nice, airtight food storage containers. Per the advice I read on the board, I put some rice and a cucumber peel into each of the containers. I bought new larger containers and had intended to move the colonies to the new containers over the weekend. Well, I wasn't feeling very well and didn't get around to it. I didn't open the containers until Tuesday evening and found all the springtails in both containers dead. Why? I'm guessing that the bacteria that were breaking down the cucumber peel (it had a rotten smell) had used up all the available oxygen and as I had not opened the containers in several days, my colonies suffocated.