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captainmerkin · Key Member Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 400

I have an aquarium fully planted now for pygmy chams which I ordered some months ago, only thing is that the substrate seems to be getting inhabited..

I am going to throw in some earth worms and some woodlice to give it a picking over and have already released a spider which has been feeding well on flies that investigate.. but is there anything else I can add which will kill mites and anything else that may establish in the substrate?

also will pygmy chams eat woodlice? I have not found much that really seems to want to in the past..

MJ · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject:

It's the micro fauna that makes it self cleaning I'd add in sme spring tails also.

As for what eats mites I'm not sure Laughing

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jamie_s · Site Moderator Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 1963

i think you need to stir the substrate too and that helps it mainain good bacteria
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arthur cooke · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

Try defenders, the do a mite preditor.
cheers arthur

peaches · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject:

Hypoaspis mite as said, here's the link.

http://www.defenders.co.uk/pest-solutions/biological-sciarid-fly-control.html

or here

http://www.just-green.com/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/455/groupID/69/categoryID/987/v/7b4036dd-b1da-4724-98bc-9dae57fa3321

Bit of a price difference between the two, no idea why!!
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