How to Culture Springtails

Springtails (Colembolla) are not only a great live food to culture for small aquarium fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, they are an important part of a bioactive cleanup crew in bioactive vivariums. If you want to culture springtails for live food or as a cleanup crew in your bioactive vivarium, this video will help you raise lots of springtails easily.
LINKS to springtail foods and supplies:
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Here are the ingredients I use for DIY springtail food:
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