uh oh, something in the dirt

[Joeyo]

i changed the substrate in my rosea enclosure. i put in peat moss. Ultra Premuim Sphagnum peat moss All-Natural Prfessional Grade is what it says on the packaging. i changed it about 2 weeks ago. shes gotten used to it and is using her hide and seems generally healthy to me. I peeked in today after giving her fresh water and noticed a small patch of dirt around her dish where i had spilled a little water last time was still wet. upon closer inspection i can see very small white bugs of some sort. i took a close look at my rosea and didn't notice any were on her fangs, legs, or anywhere that i could see. Are these mites? are they dangerous? how do i get rid of them?

 

[i-zombie]

Could be pinheads. Do they look like tiny crickets?

 

[Whiskeypunk]

Maybe this?

 

[Sadistik]

could be those little jumping thingies (Collumbola ?)
You can recognize them pretty easy, if they jump then they are Collumbola

 

[taorchard1987]

there damp mites, lil white specs. i had them with my cobalt (oh god), i just had to change the substrate and they were gone, or you could just dry out the tank as they need the moist to survive

 

[Sadistik]

it doesnt have to be mite, mites arent the only white little creatures who can appear in a tank when its too wet
But yeah try to dry out the tank a G. rosea doesnt need a swimming pool it will do fine on a dry substrate with a water dish.

 

[taorchard1987]

it doesnt have to be mite, mites arent the only white little creatures who can appear in a tank when its too wet
But yeah try to dry out the tank a G. rosea doesnt need a swimming pool it will do fine on a dry substrate with a water dish.

i supposr your rite their but he did mention that he spilt the water whilst changing the dish

 

[Sadistik]

:8o oepsie my bad

 

[Gesticulator]

I often get lots of little off-white bugs which I assume are baby crickets. They look like crickets, just tiny. As I've learned, the cricket eggs hatch in any sign of dampness. Whatever they are, I would change the substrate and keep it real dry.

 

[Joeyo]

these are far too small to tell if they look like small crickets. they're only in the soil that the water was spilled on. i keep the substrate as dry as i can.

also, ive never seen them jump. if they're not harmful to my T, i might as well not worry too much about it. as soon as this little spill dries out completely, i'll clean out the dish real good.

 

[Tarantulasse]

I had those, I had no idea what they were until after I fully cleaned my T's tank. Than I did a search on here and heard of similiar probs. It looked like little white dust all over my T's tank....I just knew it was odd, so I cleaned it out....but now that I know they are harmless to T's I probably won't obsess over it so much next time.