r/terrariums • u/Justsumhuman20 Fledgling • 2d ago

Build Help/Question Best way to keep springtails thriving?

Post image

Just picked up some springtails as my terrarium is starting to get some mold growth and I’m tired of having to pull out decaying leaves. Any tips to make sure these guys thrive?

78 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

28 comments sorted by

View all comments

60

u/One-plankton- 2d ago

Make sure they are actually alive in there first

16

u/Justsumhuman20 Fledgling 2d ago

They are, I sat and checked every container and this one had 10+ moving around. Heard a lot of other people complaining about them being filled with dead ones

15

u/WeirdStorms 1d ago

Oh yeah, that petco bs is terrible, I highly recommend eBay, for almost the same price you get a container with hundred of them obviously in there, same with isopods too.

-1

u/Wild_Replacement5880 1d ago

Josh's Frogs is a solid supplier. I buy stuff from their site all the time. Do they even sell stuff at petco?

2

u/glitchfit 1d ago

They do and is one of the bigger reasons why they should not be supported.