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Post by robinwhiskers on Mar 3, 2016 21:36:30 GMT
Hello, I've been having some bug problems in my 5.5 gallon tank. I use soil as substrate (no added fertilizers or pesticides) and because I hadn't changed it in a month and a half, I decided that was the problem and changed the soil three days ago. However, they still keep coming back! I don't leave food in there for over a day, all of my snails are alive and healthy, I also have a slug. Some I think are fruit flies, but some I think are super tiny fungus gnats. Help?
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Post by robinwhiskers on Mar 4, 2016 22:25:35 GMT
UPDATE: Okay, so I threw out the soil and replaced it with plain old dirt from home depot, which shouldn't be as welcoming to pests. At first I was going to use the same soil, but the flies were in there too! I poured the soil outside and now that I'm using dirt instead of the soil infested with tiny winged creatures, it seems everything is back to normal!
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Post by Liguus on Mar 4, 2016 23:38:43 GMT
Sorry I don't have much advice for you. I deal with fruit fly and fungus gnat outbreaks often. Sundews kill off a number of them. Wormwood tea has killed nematodes in the past so I'm going to try soaking the soil in in again to try to kill the eggs/larvae.
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Post by robinwhiskers on Mar 5, 2016 1:17:14 GMT
That's a good idea! Hopefully another outbreak won't occur....  |
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 5, 2016 5:35:50 GMT
Ooh, I will have to try that tea, too... There's a crazy amount of nematodes in my one tank at the moment. It seems whenever you keep animals that like warm, moist conditions, it's a constant battle against pests and mold.
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Post by robinwhiskers on Mar 7, 2016 0:32:53 GMT
I've never ever had mold problems thankfully, but the bugs are throwing me off. |
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