Hi all,
I got in on this thread a bit late, but I think I can add two tiny morsels
of info:
1. True, they only eat decaying organic matter, but not necessarily your
plants: Peat moss is organic matter also, and larvae can also feed on root
tips. As you have probably noticed, the larvae never leave the substrate.
Also, be aware that adults do not have functioning mouthparts; only the
larvae actually eat anything.
2. I have very good luck with sticky-yellow-card traps, i.e. whitefly traps.
They are non-toxic (just a yellow card with tanglefoot or equivalent on it)
I just hang one above the tank. Of course, this will never rid them 100%,
but you can change the card weekly, bi-weekly, or whatever, to monitor
populations.
There are any number of effective pesticides that will eliminate fungus
gnats in general, but obviously when discussing gecko tanks it is a moot
point.
I've spent lots of time with fungus gnats....
Regards,
Neal Grant
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From: Barbie Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Fungus gnats
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> Aside from trashing the tanks, ie., new bedding, etc., I really don't
> know..........:( They're going to be constantly laying eggs in the
> substrate; even if you dried it out a while, the eggs are pretty
resiliant.
> I'm just not a big fan of pest strips, but if you were to try that, I
would
> definitely keep the gex somewhere else (in the house) for about a week.
>
> Barbie >^,,^<
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> >I have fungus gnats in all of my tanks with live plants and soil or peat
> moss substrate. I know that they are harmless to my geckos, but I would
> like to find out how I can get rid of these little pests. Do any of you
> guys know how I can take care of this problem. They obviously thrive in
> high humidity environments, but some of the tanks need to be misted on a
> regular basis. It's really starting to BUG me (sorry, I couldn't resist
the
> pun). Please help!
>
> Nathan Hall
> GECKOS UNLIMITED
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