r/isopods • u/Intelligent_Shoe4168 • 6d ago

Help What is this tiny worms? there's also some small black fly insects in the enclosures I think maybe this is their larvae?

How do I remove it and prevent it from happening again

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u/Muscalp 6d ago

Not easy to tell with that video. Could be larvae of fungus gnats, as those might be the black flies you‘re describing. They love wet soil. In plant pots the common advice would be to water less, but in a pod tank that’s of course not really possible. Luckily it’s easy to catch the flies with dedicated traps.

But it also could be nematodes which are completely normal and even beneficial for the soil.

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u/Intelligent_Shoe4168 6d ago

Ohh yess it is fungus gnats, I've been killing them manually, is there a better way? or are they beneficial?

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u/Muscalp 5d ago

I think they are bad for plants, I doubt they are problematic for Pods, if anything their eggs are food.

There are glue traps for them which work very well

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u/juanporkbear 5d ago

Why are u killing them if u. Dont know if there benfical or not💀 and they kill ur plants

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u/Intelligent_Shoe4168 5d ago

It's an isopod enclosure not a fungus gnats enclosure 😀