[diplodactyla]

good guide, but you forget to talk about buffalo worms, very usuful and small worms (smaller than mealworms) that I found fantastic working on baby p. picta and I'm waiting for the hatchlings of d. vittatus to try them even on those micro babies Hopes they'll eat them like their famelic parents!!!

[lampeye]

FWIW, I've found (by accident) a VERY productive culture method for springtails: Clay pots full of lava rock chips, standing in very shallow water (to keep the lava rock moist). Keep in a covered container to maintain humidity, and (very important) provide bright light to allow an algal mat to grow on the surface of the rocks. Inoculate with springtails and you will have a bumper crop. I was culturing some Cryptocoryne and various Java fern clones emersed, and found that I had a HUGE supply of springtails in the following weeks.

[lemniscate]

A fascinating read. Plain, straight-forward instructions. Much appreciated. Thanks very much.