bugs in indoor enclosure

[Gizzie]

There are tons of things that look like gnats in my red foot indoor enclosure. I thought I read somewhere that if you baked the substrate in the oven before you put it in the enclosure that it got rid of the gnat/larva. Does anyone know if this works? If so, how long and at what temp does it need to bake?

 

[wellington]

Yes it works. 250 for a couple hours it what I believe I did. I can't remember for sure how long. You are just trying to kill the eggs, etc. cooking it low,250 won't burn the coir or start a fire. A couple hours is long enough, but longer won't hurt either.