Fungus gnats help

[Mr. J hahaha]

ok so I have at least 100 of them in my largest enclosure and I don’t know what to do about getting rid of them. If anyone could help that would be awesome and thank you in advance

 

[JacksJill]

You can either dry out the soil completely between waterings (good luck with that in a cage) or saturate it with dawn dish soapy water or buy beneficial nematodes and drench the soil with them.

 

[JacksJill]

Almost forgot wait for the folks that have carnivorous plants to recommend a few plants to clean up the mess.

 

[dshuld]

Look into Sundew plants if you want to go carnivorous plants.

 

[Fireborn]

A butterwort is also an effective carnivorous plant.

 

[jamest0o0]

Drosera, pinguicula, and nepenthes. A few of those plants completely cleared out an infestation I had that was as bad as it gets. The plants must have killed thousands of gnats each day. Worked better than anything else I tried. Only thing is they have specific care requirements themselves or they will die. They will also need to be kept outside most enclosures for several reasons.

 

[jamest0o0]

If you had to go with one plant to clear out gnats though, drosera does the best job. Butterworts and nepenthes are great too, but not quite as efficient.