are these springtails or something else?
i don’t have a fully bioactive setup (yet) but i’ve been an admirer of all of your tanks for a while now!! i have a halfway failed terrarium i made over a year ago - the plants died off long ago because i didn’t do any solid research, just went to the mountains and put a bunch of shit in a jar and hoped for the best (it definitely has way too much soil and doesn’t get enough light for much plant growth). but i say it’s halfway failed because it has been home to hundreds or likely thousands of isopods the entire time. they keep reproducing, so i keep airing it out every once in a while and adding moisture when i think of it as well as small leaves that my houseplants drop so they have food.
all that to say, i just noticed in the past week that there are all these tiny specks moving around all over the wood. are they springtails? probably an obvious answer to all of you but i don’t have anything bioactive and can’t really tell from what i’ve seen online, so let me know! asking mostly for curiosity’s sake, but also because i want to be sure they’re not going to hurt any of my plants if they were to find their way to one. sorry for long post, i am a chronic over-explainer.
also, if anyone thinks i should do anything differently to keep the isopods healthy and happy, let me know!! i have a corn snake who i am planning to eventually create a bioactive tank for, so maybe i’ll transfer some of these guys over there when it’s time. i love watching them live their little lives! thanks everyone!!!