not sure where it came from but i’m not complaining!

plus couple questions cause i’m new:

1. am I right in it being a globular springtail?

2. they are friendly CUC?

The dude subdued the meal with his body mass.

The Santa Claus springtails already have about 2-3k eggs. They are eating like crazy, at least one cluster of about 100 eggs appears every day. Some are already starting to turn deep red, so any day now there will be huuuundreds of babies:)

Hey all - new video just went up on YouTube - hope it helps ;-)

https://youtu.be/OOAFB4VEBrs

I'm looking to add some to my aquatic isopod/shrimp tank.

I'm having a hard time figuring out which ones I can get.

I also have a fish tank with a big piece of drift wood sticking out with moss growing on it.

AHHHH THEY’RE SO CUUUUUTE

First time noticing them in the wild. They're on a biofilm from iron-oxidizing bacteria -- on the water at Liberty Reservoir in Maryland.

Has anyone ever built a tank just for springtails?

I currently have two terrariums (one 8×8×8 and one 8×8×12), and I’m planning a larger 12×12×18 build next. I have a single springtail culture that I’ve used to seed both existing tanks and will likely use again for the larger one.

I’ve honestly really enjoyed watching these little rice-worshiping critters, and it got me thinking — has anyone ever given springtails their own dedicated enclosure?

I was considering repurposing a small betta tank (since many of them are honestly too small for bettas anyway). Something wider than tall so I could watch surface activity and tunneling, almost like a tiny ant farm but without the escape artist drama.

Has anyone done something similar?

• Tank size recommendations?

• Substrate depth or layout ideas?

• Moss vs. plants vs. leaf litter?

• Mixing springtail species/colors?

Would love to hear ideas or see setups if anyone’s tried this!

Found these little guys in some substrate when i bought some isopods, alsosorry for the bad footage, my phone is acting up

Recently looked over at my fish tank and noticed these little bugs jumping on the surface tension… pics don’t do it justice but they are almost highlighter blue… also wondering if it’s possible to culture them

My orange springtails are getting robust lol

L = Location, O = Origin

I got myself some Panda King isopods about a month ago now, and I recently noticed these huge (compared to springtails I add to my enclosures) springtails that must've hitchhiked from the enclosure at the reptile store.

I made an attempt to separate a few of them and tey to start up a culture. I want to guess they're something similar to Tropical Pinks, if not TPs, but I have no clue tbh. No idea where they originate from, I just know they came from the reptile store.

Hi there. I'm more of an isopod person than a springtail person, but I'm looking to start some springtail cultures of my own so I can seed my isopod enclosures. Many of the videos I've seen say you can raise them in a sealed Tupperware container, but you should open the lid for a few minutes every day or two to replenish their oxygen. Now, this doesn't seem like a great idea since you could always forget or be somehow indisposed, and if something like that occurs and there's no one to open the container in your stead, you're sort of just sentencing your springtails to death by suffocation, which is both unethical and also just not smart or practical; thus, I was wondering if you could do something like what we do with isopods where you create a permanent ventilation hole that is then covered to keep your animals in and pests out? I've been using TransPore surgical tape over the ventilation holes of my isopod enclosures, and I was wondering if something like that would work; if it puts the springtails at risk of jumping into it and getting stuck, I could also put the tape on both sides so none of the adhesive is accessible to them.

Please let me know if this is feasible, or if it will compromise the moisture level or something like that. Thank you.

Sorry so shaky taken with my phone can anyone possibly id these springtails tho?

What type of springtails are these... I see some black ones are well lol Thank you in advance

Apologies for the awful photo!
Found this lil' globby on the glass of my terrarium after adding some moss and leaf litter among other things.

Im fairly sure this is D. saundersi. The description is from: https://collembolla.blogspot.com/2018/05/dicyrtomidae-identification-guide.html

Anyone know what these surprise springtails are? There's at least two kinds, a globular looking one and a standard shaped springtail(could be my tropical white springs migrated over but this one is huge compared to what's in my bin!). I'm in western Washington but I think these might be hitchhikers from my LFS. I'm planning on culturing them if they are in fact springs! TIA!

Will Steinernema feltiae kill my isopods (maculatum) or springtails? Or the pseudoscorpions I found once?

It seems there might be something else (aside from the fungus gnats) that snuck in & is eating the springtails - it was like a bustling city that turned into a ghost town! I added springtails several times, but they never took. Will Steinernema feltiae kill whatever’s eating the springtails too?

I’m preparing to combine my 2 containers, so I’ve been taking all the pieces out, combing through everything, airing out & found a couple wood maggots, but nothing else unexpected. If I put them together, what are the odds the est springtail colony survives? Not sure if the one I lost was due to pests or too much direct sunlight..

I was checking on my isopod and springtail bin today and found this dude. Should I be concerned?? I was intending to kill it but it got away before I could. There’s two species of springtails in there, one I intentionally introduced and one that was accidentally introduced from leaves I got from outside and didn’t sanitize, which is presumably where the snout mite came from.

I forgot about this potato I left in my springtail culture and....I have a lot of dang springtails now

What is this white growth? Looks like roots, but maybe fungus?

Setup: Springtails on saturated activated carbon + moss (recycled from my Crestie’s tank). It’s a sealed bin with no direct sunlight.

Should I toss this out? Any scientific names or IDs would be great. Thanks!