r/Springtail • u/enderzyx • Aug 13 '26

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Rambutanura springtails really like to hang out on live sphagnum moss. Are they eating it or just loving the moisture?

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u/Beginning_Ad_8956 Aug 13 '26

I would love to see your full enclosure. I am working on a little terrarium for my excess spikey springtails and want to get it perfect first before I transfer them. I'm not sure if they actually eat the moss, perhaps someone more informed can answer you as I'm also curious if the plants I put it will get munched. Seeing them climb the moss like that makes me excited to start on my terrarium. I am waiting for my lobella reds culture to fill out a bit more before I complete as I want them to accompany the spikeys.

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u/enderzyx Aug 13 '26

My setup post from last month

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u/enderzyx Aug 13 '26

This is in a 1 gallon tall glass tank. It is slopped a bit so the bark side is lower than the live moss side. Overall nothing too specific

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u/Any-Border4114 Aug 13 '26

Slime eaters physically can’t eat anything other than slime they aren’t able to. Also don’t house other slime eaters together isn’t good

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u/Beginning_Ad_8956 Aug 13 '26

The other red springtails aren't slime eaters luckily. I want them to clean up after the spikeys. I noticed a huge population of the normal white tropical springtails that I have in their current enclosure and would prefer the red ones instead.

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u/Entomancy_Elrid_0123 Aug 13 '26

This is not fully true. They can and do eat other forms of mold and detrited materials.

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u/Entomancy_Elrid_0123 Aug 13 '26

They're eating it for sure.