Regularly you see that a springtail has become a victim of another animal like: spiders, mites, pseudoscorpions and a fly. Discussion Starter • #1 • Apr 13, 2007. I was wondering what the best substrate to use to establish springtails. One of the most notable features about the springtail that makes them ideal for terrariums is their diet. They feed on mold, fungi, pollen, algae and decaying matter (decaying roots, plants, etc. My own personal preference, for tiny dart frogs, is a combination of fruit flies and springtails. They are applied in the terrarium hobby as food for small frogs and you can even buy them commercially, special bred as frog food. Springtails are minute, primitive, wingless insects classified in the Order Collembola. Springtails and Isopods will also outcompete them and eventually dwindle their population to almost non-existent in your vivarium. Springtails attract surface-feeding fish, small frogs, and invertebrates. Then, as I run out, I move on to the springtails for a week or two. 1,264 Posts . The springtails are an important food source for other small animals. I set up my first ever bioactive vivarium last night (bio dude terra firma for a temperate biome of a Cali king snake) and I am going to wait 3 weeks for it to cycle before adding my snake. Soil Mites – Another common mite in your vivarium, these mites are 100% harmless and have very similar breakdown adaptations to the springtails and isopods, making them a positive force in the vivarium. I added a culture of springtails and plan to add isopods in the next few days. I have "black jungle tropical springtails" but for some reason, they culture poorly isolated from frogs. This will help flush out any excess waste material, and nutrient build up. Alternatively, springtails can be used to feed small animals and even surface eating fish because they float on water. A good live vivarium substrate is a critical element which helps ensure Isopods can establish & maintain a population within an enclosure long term. Springtails make a great live food, as well as a great cleanup crew in a vivarium. When I feed my vivarium, I tuck half a grape, a bit of apple, small piece of banana, or a chunk of leftover, frozen jack o lantern from halloween, deeply into my leaf litter. I'm not joking either-- every time I culture them in a container and keep their substrate moist and feed them, they don't explode like … I say I feed my vivarium, but I've also stated that I don't do feeding stations. Live vivarium substrate will sustain plant life, mycorrhizal fungi, beneficial microbes, and resist breaking down long-term. I tend to buy a tub of each, feeding the adult fruit flies initially. By this point, the next generation of Drosophila are hatching, ready to be fed once again. 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