little bugs

[StaceybondgirL]

hello im new to all this
was just spot cleaning my beardies tank and noticed little tiny black/light brown bugs ive picked them.out now
i havent added anything new to his viv just his daily crickets and locus coz he still a baby...just dont want them to b harmfull to him please help

 

[diegothediggy]

Not really sure tbh. Wot flooring , viv. Have u got?

 

[StaceybondgirL]

flooring is sand and a 4ft viv
there like mini cenetipedes x

 

[PatsyB]

Are they white?

 

[StaceybondgirL]

no there light black..grey they really tiny xx

 

[PatsyB]

My first thought is springtails. I always thought they were white but I did a google search and they can be a grayish black brown color. Do a search and see if they look like what's in your tank. They are harmless, in fact a lot of people purposely put them in their vivariums because they naturally clean your tank and don't mess the animals.

I'm not sure if this is what you have though.

 

[maxxdout]

Mites??? Seen these in snake tank once.

 

[StaceybondgirL]

patsyB thank you i shall have a look on google

 

[StaceybondgirL]

there deffo not mites just loomed on google images im confussed...im thinking it come out of the dust in the locus container...coz my veardie is lazy and likes to jump in the box before they come out lol
and some of the stuff thats at the bottom comes out

 

[StaceybondgirL]

beardie*

 

[StaceybondgirL]

look very similar to the springtails xx

 

[PatsyB]

What kind of substate do you have in your tank?

 

[Noella]

I was thinking of those cleaner worms. Could it be those?

 

[Noella]

Dermestid Beetles.

 

[diegothediggy]

Yeh i feed Diego locus n there r sumtimes little mites in the tub. Id suggest changing the sand to cleqn samd or betta tham that to tile or something else i changed Diegos viv to tile its cheap n easy cleaned. At lwast with tile if there get out the tub u can c them n remove them. Dnt think theyd do ur beardie any harm but no 1 wants bugs in there viv. I got tile from B&Q there wernt wven £2 a tile and it looks clean n tidy easy to wipe over and i found it keeps the temps up 2

 

[PatsyB]

I forgot about those little suckers! I sometimes get those in with my crickets, they creep me out!

 

[Noella]

I forgot about those little suckers! I sometimes get those in with my crickets, they creep me out!

They really cut back on dead crickets. I'm hoping to get small phoenix worms for Allie soon. I got them from Josh's frogs and hope these stimulate her appetite for live feeders. We need to get her back on feeders, live feeders. She's been munching on those silkworm pupaes that have to be cut up.

 

[StaceybondgirL]

they dont look like anything like the pic...ive picked them out and havent seen any mire and im bein really careful not to get the dust in the sand
dont wanna chane to tile as mine likes to bury himself under the sand at night...
was thinking of changing all the sand un a few weeks and may be but some bark in there
byg at the moment the little tiny bugs r no more thank you for all ya help xx

 

[StaceybondgirL]

what u mean by substane??

 

[timbalan]

She meant substrate. As in whst do you have in the bottom for him. I see you have sand tho. I wouldnt put wood chips or bark in there to much if an impaction risk.