Mites

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Mites

Post by IMS08 » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:06 pm

Hello!

I was looking in my tank tonight and I saw that I had a gray mite on my log that is in my tank. I saw about 5 really fast mites. Any ideas?

Also, I do have nematodes under my coconut fiber which I have found and was wondering if anyone has dealt with those?

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Re: Mites

Post by YYWW » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:23 pm

The mites dont sound like mites. How fast were they? Do they jump? Could they be springtails?
Nematodes... do you pre-moisten your sub with SW? I have hopes that this aids in warding away creepers such as nematodes.


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Re: Mites

Post by IMS08 » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:49 pm

Thank you so much! I never thought to pre-moisten my substrate with salt water but will try to poor some saltwater onto the substrate. The bugs I found weren't jumping but seemed to be running across the log. I haven't been able to find them since so hopefully that means that there aren't many there.

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Re: Mites

Post by YYWW » Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:35 am

Heya no prob! Maybe you can just spray the sw where you see critters for now. Wouldn't want to flood or disturb molters


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