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Gnats in viv?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:24 am
by Deathreturns
hey all,
So i seem to have a lot of gnats in my bts viv. Are they harmful in anyway? If so what's the best way to get rid of them? Any thoughts would be helpful
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:28 am
by Linnea
if they are anything like mosquitos, then make sure you clean the water bowl twice a day, since thats where they will have their eggs.
if its not, then i have no idea since i couldnt find a swedish translation of wikipedia. sorry.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:39 am
by critterguy
What kind of substrate are you using? The larvae need it pretty darn moist to do well. If they annoy you you can dry the cage out a bit. Moist enough for gnats is probably too moist for BTS I'd imagine.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:02 am
by Deathreturns
It's a dirt and wood substrate. I'm awaiting some new stuff to come through at the moment. I'll dry out the viv and see if that helps. I'm guessing there harmless?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:46 pm
by ExtremeJustin
Maybe change out the substrate to paper towels for a while? If the skink was burrowing rather than using a hide you would have to add a hide though.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:04 pm
by cguarino30
a fan usually will get gnats off of house plants. Maybe you could set up a temporary cage for your skink and put a fan over the viv for a couple days? That would help dry it out as well.