Anyone know what else I could my African Snails on substrate wise to eliminate the bugger fruit flies! I came home and my room has them flying around and I dont want them to set up home in the t's or scorps, that would be a nightmare and a half!
African Snails - Fruit Flies
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i got the same problem i dont realy know what to do about it there bloddy anoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just put up a big small fly catcher!
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nearly had that in my house!!!!!! my dad wanted to cook em with garlick!!!!!!!!!!
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Could they also be living off snail mucous itself?
dunno if they do! thats gonna make life tricky if they do! I think i'll get them some big tupperware containers, the smallest of holes with a hot needle and then seal them in! no flies in woo yay!
I can pop the top then to chuck in food and and give them a spray! Then re-seal! I got four so I think two per container, altho they are beginning to get frisky so maybe one each lol! so many damn babies all the time!
I can pop the top then to chuck in food and and give them a spray! Then re-seal! I got four so I think two per container, altho they are beginning to get frisky so maybe one each lol! so many damn babies all the time!
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every time i used to open the container(with 20 babies in(they were about 3 inches..) millons of the blasted flys would fly out......they got all over the house.
i just cleaned them out rejularly and that did the job
i just cleaned them out rejularly and that did the job
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I use cheap compost for a substrate and throw it in the garden after a couple of uses. In your case I'd say completely change the substrate and clean their cage completely.
Don't leave old vegetable rinds or scraps in the tank as this attracts them.
For ventilation I have old net curtains hot-glued over large holes cut in the side of their tub.
You could try keeping them on spaghnum moss so that you can take the substrate and clean it in boiling water once a week. You could also try putting their food on a plate which will make it easier to deal with.
Don't leave old vegetable rinds or scraps in the tank as this attracts them.
For ventilation I have old net curtains hot-glued over large holes cut in the side of their tub.
You could try keeping them on spaghnum moss so that you can take the substrate and clean it in boiling water once a week. You could also try putting their food on a plate which will make it easier to deal with.
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In my experience, snails like to burrow and I normally give mine at least two/three inches and a pile of moss in one corner.
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yea i think its best to have substrate because they love to burrow in winter and if its to clod or warm the burrow