Live Established Springtail Culture (Tropical Springtails) (8oz Culture)

Great product! There were way more in the container that I expected and very alive!

I got mine four days ago. Was very carefully packaged and got here in great condition. But so far, the reviews that say they got a container of plain dirt look to be correct. I have not seen a single springtails, even after adding rice grains to provide food and draw them to the surface. Some reviews promise that they're there, just really small and hard to see, but another culture that I have shows that even juveniles are easily visible as they move. At least one other review I saw said that there are definitely eggs in the substrate, and to just wait for them to hatch. I am highly dubious that it's even possible to get only the eggs out of a culture to ship without including any juveniles or adults. And even if it is possible, I see no reason to go through that effort.

I The first order I received was not a viable culture. I could not see any signs of life. I contacted them and got an immediate response. They suggested I keep it warm, place some food in the container, and give it a week, because sometimes the cultures have eggs, and it would take that long for them to hatch. After a week, I saw no life and contacted them again, and they immediately sent out another culture that arrived viable and thriving. I do believe that the first order was handled improperly due to the severe weather we were having at the time, and it's not their fault. The culture appears healthy, and there were plenty of living springtails to grow out a thriving culture from. Customer service is so important, and these guys have it down. Overall, I am very pleased with the order.

Was very happy with the results. As soon as I opened there was activity and misted and fed which will hatch more Thanks for the order

I gave it 3 stars because the contents of the package were really "sloppy", and inadequate. To explain, the culture was supplied in what looked to be a very nice 8-ounce clear plastic ointment jar, with a black plastic screw lid that had an inner seal (very secure). All was good in the containment department, but the contents were quite disappointing. All I received was a very tiny blob of "mud-slime-dirt" with much water, it looked nasty. The amount of mud supplied was minuscule and did not even cover the floor of the jar, the majority of the space in the jar was air. Initially, I saw some white things on the tiny culture blob, however I did not see anything moving. I thought nothing was alive, but I did see some movement when I approached with tweezers to examine the small mass of wet mud. So I must assume that I did receive live springtails, but if there were any adults, they were not seen, I only saw very tiny bugs. There were at most a few dozen visible, it is highly unlikely that there were the 100's of live springtails that were promised, but there is no way to know. A far better packaging method would be to keep the same jar, but fill it with moist sphagnum moss, before putting the inoculant culture blob in the center. This will better cushion the critters and also assist with their transfer into their new home. I was disappointed by what was in the jar. I also did not receive a care guide, but that was not an issue for me. These guys are REALLY tiny, the picture above is magnified a lot. All the springtails shown in that shot could be covered with a dime.

Not worth it, they came dead and dried out.

I bought these springtails to make my mourning gecko enclosure bioactive and allow for some more biodiversity in their enclosure, and as my mourning geckos have decided, an occasional snack additional to their normal powdered diet and BSFL. The springtails arrived healthy, and the amount of springtails in the container was pretty large in comparison to what I've heard from other reviews. If you buy this product, know the two sellers are not the same, make sure to buy the normal seller for the products and not buy them from the other seller or you may find poor results like other reviews have stated. My springtails are doing their job well, and the price on this product is more than fair for the quality of springtails I received. I expect my springtails to last a long time. This product functions as expected, and I will buy them again if I end up setting up another bioactive enclosure and need another springtail culture.

I did as other have mentioned, put the container in my terrarium, popped the lid, and dropped some raw rice in. I had springtails within a few days but these are all freshly hatched so they're so small you may not be able to see them. 4 stars because I didn't get the care guide listed in the description and the seller just kept telling me to put rice in when I asked about it. Almost 1 year update, this culture is still going strong, I just drop some rice and rainwater in every couple months.