For anyone reading along.... I'm now researching remedies for my fungus gnat issue. Honestly, it is completely out of control. Quite a few people recommend drying out the substrate and spraying it with a water/hydrogen peroxide mixture. This apparently kills the fly larva.
A few of the...
Thanks for the replies. My issue is getting bad. As I said, my table is big and there is a lot of soil/coconut coir in there. I dont think baking it is an option.. I think I'm going to change out all the substrate with new and introduce predatory mites to the mix. Specifically "hypoaspis...
I have a very large indoor tortoise table for my trio of Hermanns. I also have a terrible problem with phorid flies, fungus nats or whatever you want to call them. It's really getting out of hand and the fly population seems to be growing exponentially..
My current substrate is a mix of...
I have a huge phorid fly issue and am trying to combat without success. Actuall . I'm not 100% sure they are phorid flies. They're tiny like a fruit fly, but only fly a few inches over the substrate and land again. Less than 1/16th of an inch in size.
I have a very large tortoise table...
Thanks. I've been watching them closely over the last few hours. I noticed that one of them has a few crooked scutes on his shell. I'm hoping this doesnt cause issues later.
Also. The scute right above his tail appears to be split into two which is unlike the other ones. Hope this isnt a...
So, I just received my trio of hatchling Hermanns today. I have some questions about Humidity.
My greenhouse/tortoise table build is a few threads down. Basically, it's a very large tort table inside a greenhouse in my basement.
Ambient temps in the greenhouse are right around 78...
Well. I finally get my Trio sometime Friday. I'm looking forward to it. I think I'm ready. Well..I hope so anyway. My kids are excited and I built the best enclosure I could. If anyone is interested, I have a build thread going. Take a look...
Just got word from Chris Leone that my trio of Hermanns should be arriving on Friday. A bit later than expected because I just got back from a business trip and had to push the date back a little.
Needless to say, this is what my table looks like now. I do need to add a few plants but that...