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@#*%ing MITES!!!!! HELP!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="PseudoDave" data-source="post: 6260" data-attributes="member: 123"><p>With the peat preventing mites thing, the only reason the peat doesnt contain mites is BECAUSE it's been sterilized, the peat itself does not prevent mites in any way and the second one of those annoying little white-mite-scumbags from the fruitfly cultures gets in, they'll be there to stay until otherwise 'sterile'.</p><p></p><p>As for what to do now, most of these mite species only feed on waste and rotting food in the substrate, obviously first thing is to try and make sure that there's nothing like that sitting around. One thing to note is that if these mites are given no-where to lay their eggs, then they won't. They lay eggs in the substrate, so if you go 'substrate-less' for a couple of weeks or more the setups might not look naturalistic for a while, but it would definately reduce or maybe even eradicate any mite population.</p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, just my 23p <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PseudoDave, post: 6260, member: 123"] With the peat preventing mites thing, the only reason the peat doesnt contain mites is BECAUSE it's been sterilized, the peat itself does not prevent mites in any way and the second one of those annoying little white-mite-scumbags from the fruitfly cultures gets in, they'll be there to stay until otherwise 'sterile'. As for what to do now, most of these mite species only feed on waste and rotting food in the substrate, obviously first thing is to try and make sure that there's nothing like that sitting around. One thing to note is that if these mites are given no-where to lay their eggs, then they won't. They lay eggs in the substrate, so if you go 'substrate-less' for a couple of weeks or more the setups might not look naturalistic for a while, but it would definately reduce or maybe even eradicate any mite population. Anyhoo, just my 23p :D Dave [/QUOTE]
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