PygmyBeardie
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My enclosure is breeding gnats.
Damn it all.
I had the same problem a few weeks ago, so I cleaned out everything, replaced the substrate completely and scrubbed the tank. I replaced forest moss and topsoil with new moss from a different company and baked (to remove bacteria fungus etc) topsoil. They have several plants in there - two purple passions, a zebra plant, a croton plant, and an umbrella plant. I just recently doubled the vertical size of their enclosure to give them a total of 40 gallons. They don't seem to mind the gnats... but I do.
It started with just a couple in there after I cleaned everything, and the people at the pet store said they would probably dissipate after a few days, but they did not. This morning I noticed a sudden exponential increase in gnats... I killed a few, but not enough. There are too many, and with the added vertical hight, I can't reach the bottom to find where they are. A reptile safe insecticide would thrill me.
Does anyone know if one exists?
Damn it all.
I had the same problem a few weeks ago, so I cleaned out everything, replaced the substrate completely and scrubbed the tank. I replaced forest moss and topsoil with new moss from a different company and baked (to remove bacteria fungus etc) topsoil. They have several plants in there - two purple passions, a zebra plant, a croton plant, and an umbrella plant. I just recently doubled the vertical size of their enclosure to give them a total of 40 gallons. They don't seem to mind the gnats... but I do.
It started with just a couple in there after I cleaned everything, and the people at the pet store said they would probably dissipate after a few days, but they did not. This morning I noticed a sudden exponential increase in gnats... I killed a few, but not enough. There are too many, and with the added vertical hight, I can't reach the bottom to find where they are. A reptile safe insecticide would thrill me.
Does anyone know if one exists?
