white mites...are they?

[Daniel Carpenter]

I have noticed a few white dots on my chlie rose, these are tiny, tiny things like specs of dust.
However i keep my chlie rose lives on vermicultie and she has been digging and moving bit around every where, so i'am not quite sure Whether these white dots are white mites or Whether they are just bits of dust of the vermiculte??
Has anyone else ever had this problem? Or is there a test to see Whether they are mites or not?

Cheers,
Dan.

[Mark Pennell]

Re: white mites...are they?

I have noticed a few white dots on my chlie rose, these are tiny, tiny things like specs of dust.
However i keep my chlie rose lives on vermicultie and she has been digging and moving bit around every where, so i'am not quite sure Whether these white dots are white mites or Whether they are just bits of dust of the vermiculte??
Has anyone else ever had this problem? Or is there a test to see Whether they are mites or not?

Cheers,
Dan.

Dan
Have a closer look they are most likely mites if they are on the damper areas of the vermiculite. It also could be dust as vermiculite can create a shed load of this but its usually very fine dust you know the type "calorie free”

I personally don't use vermiculite for this reason as it could well affect the tarantulas’ book lungs.

Anyway if you have mites its best to do a bit of a spring clean as they thrive on the waste material in the tank - dead crickets and leftovers etc.

Cheers
Mark

P.S Sorry about the little britain pun

[RUSS DEAN]

is there any way of making sure the mites are all gone,
or is there always gonna be some somewhere..

[James Metcalf]

so would the best way to stop my t's becoming mite infested would be to remove all dead matter from my tanks ?