Search results for query: Soil gnats

Seems to me like there's probably something else in that spray because I use hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip to kill mealy bugs and it's never smelled. Perhaps it's the quantity used, but my guess is something else is in the spray. Maybe rinse the plants in water to rid them of the smell? As...

Thank you all. I will look for the Jungle dawn. they died due to gnats once I got a new plant to put in his cage from Lowes, the only thing that survived was the pothos. I'm working on getting his plants healthy again, I've been able to grow a pothos, that is still too small, and a Spider...

I have fungus gnats that started in my orchid collection and now seem to be in Eustis plants. now Eustis never goes to,the plant pots nor does he eat anything other than bugs, not gnats. Can I use mosquito bits in the soil of his plants? I plan to use them in the orchids.

currently I have a fungus gnat problem that probably originated from my chameleon's live plants, since that was where the majority were flying around at first. Basically, I think the problem happened because we recently (like a few months ago) rearranged my chameleons enclosure and right now...

Unfortunately I do not have access to such a vet. There is only one in my vicinity and he isnt the best with chameleons. That's why I came here

If you want immediate short term relief of the fungus gnats you need to dump your potting soil outside and get all new soil. But they WILL come back so for long term relief you need to get some mosquito bits. It kills mosquito and fungus gnat larvae over time. But you have to stay consistent...

that’s amazing 🤩 i’m hoping mine will hatch soon lol

Thank you for taking the time to respond to all my info! What would you recommend for a free range? I’m very paranoid about him falling. I worry about EVERYTHING 😅. We don’t have trees here really that don’t have sap.

Cage Info: Cage Type – Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) I have a reptizoo 24'' x 18'' x 36'' Reptile Terrarium This is a bit smaller than is ideal. The standard minimum is 2x2x4’. I’ve upgraded mine to double sized and after seeing how much my chameleons use all of the space...

Oooh how fun! I feel like they cuteness will get to me as well 😭 are the fruit flys to feed the mantids?

...get living in there. Then I have some in a bin. I wish my other ooths would hatch. I finally gave in and watered some of the plants around the house and in some enclosures with mosquito bits, which has worked. I had soil gnats everywhere. When they start swimming in my coffee, they’ve gone...

wowza🤩, thanks for the reply!! they look like aliens up close 😂

Yep gnats are in every soil, even if you buy new soil from the store. They live in moist conditions, what you can do is treat the soil with 1 parts hydrogen peroxide and 3 parts water, water the plants with it, then place sand, then river rocks on top, that way it the gnats ever return they will...

Yay! They are cute. Are you going to be able to feed them to your chameleon though? The two ooths I’ve had hatch haven’t been enough to do much for my soil gnat problem. It didn’t help that as soon as I put them into my enclosures, my chameleons found and ate them. There’s one left (that I can...

One more thing, what wattage do I need?

...immediately go after some when they saw them. The ooths hatch out hundreds of babies and it seems their instinct is to climb up high. The soil gnats went away for a long time, so they were effective. I took a few pics of them after they had grown a bit. No longer recall how many molts they...

I read putting them in a water bottle and spraying the soil is the best way to use it. But again not sure how it effects the CUC

Bc I don’t have too many since my soil has only been in there for about 2.5 weeks maybe less.

This is a common problem and one which I’m in a seemingly never ending battle against. All but a few of my reptile enclosures are bioactive and I have extra plants too. I’m even finding a population of them in the garage with my roach bins (also bioactive) and hanging out with my crickets. I...

i’d love to hatch them out in my cage, but unfortunately i had to learn the hard way that making holes in the screen isn’t the way to attach branches. I’ve ordered 20 screen repair kits from framchams but that still wasn’t enough to cover all the holes 😅, so i can’t let any tiny insects out or...