How do you Identify the Bad mites from the Good mites?

[ascraes]

Been seeing white mites crawling on the substrate of some of my enclosures. Are these parasitic mites or are they the "decomposer" ones?

 

[CEC]

Sounds like grain mites which are cleaner mites harmless to your T.

If you want to know more on the subject there are many threads on this very subject.

Here... I used the search function for you.
http://arachnoboards.com/search/6428921/?q=Parasitic+mites&t=post&o=date

 

[ascraes]

Sounds like grain mites which are cleaner mites harmless to your T.

If you want to know more on the subject there are many threads on this very subject.

Here... I used the search function for you.
http://arachnoboards.com/search/6428921/?q=Parasitic+mites&t=post&o=date

Thank you sir , much appreciated ^_^

 

[viper69]

If the container has a mite explosion (females are prolific producers), they may cause a T to be irritated, sometimes you can observe a T scratching itself due to mites. As well as resulting the T to go vertical at times. I know from experience. Don't ask me to quantify "mite explosion", I cannot do so.

 

[G. pulchra]

My philosophy is I don't want anything other than the T in my enclosures, and it's never done me wrong.

 

[basin79]

My philosophy is I don't want anything other than the T in my enclosures, and it's never done me wrong.

But if you introduce a cricket or roach you wouldn't have to replace the T's as often.........................

 

[CEC]

My philosophy is I don't want anything other than the T in my enclosures, and it's never done me wrong.

Although, that is a nearly impossible task when you have as many Ts as I do. A lot of enclosures have mites in them whether the keeper knows it or not. Like Viper69 said, the trick is keeping the numbers to a minimum.