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Can anyone tell me an easy way to feed either or both of these bugs!! The culturing of these seem to be fairly easy, it's feeding them that's the pain in the *@s!!
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MIKE
4.14 Leopards (SHTCT, and Jungle Albino Trempers)
2.13 Fat Tails (Amels, Hets, and Normals)
1.1 Teratolepis Fasciata
1.3 Crested geckos
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius (Citronellas)
1.0 Diamond Back Terrapin
14 Snakes (Tri colored hogs, subocs, alterna, rosy boas, and black milks)

For springtails, Sprinkle fish flakes.

HTH
Daniel
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>>Can anyone tell me an easy way to feed either or both of these bugs!! The culturing of these seem to be fairly easy, it's feeding them that's the pain in the *@s!!

Never used the micro mealworms, but I do have a springtail colony going. I keep them in a plastic shoe box with activated carbon chunks. The bottom of the box is full of about 1/2" of water. When I was at Big Lots I picked up a cheap turkey baster. To serve out the springtails, I tilt the box so the water collects in one corner, and since springtails float on water, I just slurp them up with the turkey baster. I squeeze out most of the water, then spray the remaining water and springtails right on the substrate.

Mine is pretty much the same as Arklier's. I feed mine (I hope this is what you want to know) fish food, cous cous, veggies, and yeast. Sometimes I'll just take out a piece of the carbon and put in the tank and let the frogs pick it clean.
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0.0.6 Green and Black Costa Rican D. Auratus
0.0.4 D. Azureus
0.0.2 Golden Mantellas

The starter culture that I purchased had several large pieces of large charcoal in it. These rest on a bed of smaller charcoal pieces and to feed the frogs I just pick up the larger pieces and hold them over the tank for a couple of seconds. Knocking the pieces together or blowing on them causes the springtails to jump off right into the tank. As for feeding them I have been using the same mixture that I have been using to culture my fruitflies, minus the water/vinegar. Occasionally I use fish flakes and bakers yeast as well. The fruitfly mixture was taken off of this forum ( either rcracer or kyle, sorry if I got it wrong ) potatoe flakes,sugar,brewer's yeast. When I remove the lid to feed the frogs the entire surface is covered with springtails, so I guess they really like it. I think I have enough for the 4 orange galacs that I got this weekend in White Plains.

rjm

It appears that half of the responders thought you were asking about feeding the springtails and the other half thought you were asking about feeding the springtails to the frogs! Just one of those funny things about internet messages.

I assumed that you were asking about feeding the springtails and micromealworms to the frogs, since feeding those feeders is pretty easy.

I don't know about micro mealworms. I have not found a good way to do that. However, for springtails, I have, as others said, collected them with the water. In my case, I run the water with all those floating springtails through a coffee filter. When the water has drained, I have hundreds of springtails on the filter. I shake the filter over the tanks or throw a piece in for a while.

Chris D.