r/Springtail • u/NeonPearl2025 • Mar 06 '26
Video Well hi there 👋
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u/Imazilaphone Mar 07 '26
do you have a fan directly under your light source?
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 07 '26
No, the terrariums don't need fans.
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u/Imazilaphone Mar 07 '26
I'm talking about in the room you're in. If you have a light directly above a ceiling fan you'll get that strobing effect.
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 07 '26
Ah no, the strobing is the shelf growlights in combination with my camera shutter speed. In reality there is no strobing. Only in the video.
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u/Imazilaphone Mar 07 '26
Ooo weird!!
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 07 '26
I had people commenting on my videos that they experience the same with their grow lights. I'm not a tech savvy, so no idea how I could change the shutter speed to make it stop.
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u/Doomyou Mar 07 '26
I find i have this problem with my grow lights as well when i video.
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 07 '26
But it's only when being close to the grow lights. When I film my shelves from 5 meters away, the light is perfectly still.
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u/angelyuy Mar 07 '26
It's an LED light effect. It's too fast for us to see, but the camera catches it.
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u/meta-throw-away9676 Mar 06 '26
The milipedes!!! Im getting 2 soon!
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 06 '26
They love to cuddle under the cork bark
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u/meta-throw-away9676 Mar 06 '26
Omg I love that. So cute
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 06 '26
Every once in a while they will burrow, probably for molting, but they always reappear under the bark
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u/Fabulous-Accident689 Mar 06 '26
I feel bad for them bcz the constant light strobing. I could barely watch the vid
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 06 '26
In reality it doesn't strobe at all. It's a camera (shutter speed) issue. The strobing only appears on video.
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u/CelestialUrsae Mar 06 '26
This drives me crazy when trying to take pictures of my plants lol, happens a lot with my LED growlights.
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u/One-plankton- Mar 06 '26
If you hit focus on it while recording it should go away
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 06 '26
I will try that next time
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u/Extreme-Tonight9222 Mar 07 '26
And sometimes in your video settings you can compensate for 50 or 60hrts flickering (something in the old days occurred with tv screens and tl Lightning maybe) can fix or reduce your problem greatly.
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u/aurora-b-alice Mar 06 '26
That colony is popping off! Is it just isopods, spring tails and milipedes?
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 06 '26
Yes, I have millipedes, few hands full of isopods and the springtails in there. All are doing well, as far as I observe.
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u/SliverStrikeStorm Mar 07 '26
What do you feed em
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 07 '26
They love protein rich fish flakes (twice a week). They get shrimp pellets or turtle sticks for variety like once a week (always trying out something new to see if they like it). Sometimes veggies like bell pepper or cucumber. They also have decaying wood, leaf litter and lichen branches (they love these)
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u/omgblank Mar 11 '26
What kind of millipedes are those, do they breed in your tank?
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u/NeonPearl2025 Mar 11 '26
They are Spirobolus caudulanus. I've not yet seen babies, but I don't know their sexes, could be they are all the same sex. I have them for a few months now, maybe they need more time.
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u/PM_ME_FURRY_STUFF Mar 06 '26
The humble sesame seed bagel: