How to Harvest Springtails

There are different ways of harvesting Springtails from well established cultures. 

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The simplest way is to shake Springtails off of the piece of plastic covering the medium.

 It is the least destructive and the most effective way. 

Here you can see a culture of Springtails with Grindal worms.  

I prefer to culture Springtails with Grindal worms. 

I collect Springtails in this way for feeding my fish.

And another way is to flip the container upside down while holding the medium and shake Springtails off.

 Normally I harvest Springtails about once a month from well established cultures. 

So, it takes 4 or more 16oz containers with Springtails cultures to feed half a dozen Endlers once a week.

 This is the best way of harvesting Springtails for feeding fish or for a clean setup of a new culture.

 Collecting Springtails using water is another common way that comes with a negative impact on the culture. 

Springtail males drop sperm everywhere they go for females to pick it up. 

Water wash away everything - including sperms of Springtails. 

Using water for collection slows down reproduction of Springtails. 

So again, shake them off - that's the best way to harvest Springtails. 

My endlers of any age go eagerly after Springtails.

 Let me show it to you.

 Springtails walk on water's surface - they are too light to drown. 

Springtails are high protein live food - perfect for top feeding fish. 

And Springtails are very simple to culture.

 I have more videos coming about culturing Springtails on different mediums. 

Have fun and happy pets :)