Anyone notice gnat/fruit fly sort of bugs with reptichip?

[Ax01]

what kinda water did u soak your reptichips in?

That was almost funny. You must have a pretty bored life. Stop stalking me and my threads

awww almost made u laugh but yes life is boring. anyways i saw the thread b/c it's recent and on the front page and it's a pretty interesting topic and i asked a pretty relevant question. flies and other flying bugz like to lay eggs in water. so it's entirely plausible that water coulda been the medium in which your Reptichips got gnats or whatever. i would switch out the current Reptichips or switch substrates and stay on top of husbandry until the flies go away.

[highqualityballz]

awww almost made u laugh but yes life is boring. anyways i saw the thread b/c it's recent and on the front page and it's a pretty interesting topic and i asked a pretty relevant question. flies and other flying bugz like to lay eggs in water. so it's entirely plausible that water coulda been the medium in which your Reptichips got gnats or whatever. i would switch out the current Reptichips or switch substrates and stay on top of husbandry until the flies go away.

I don’t think it has anything to do with husbandry tbh, I think it’s just a common “problem” with reptichip. Just trying to figure out the species of bug so I can figure out how to control them.

[rufretic]

I don’t think it has anything to do with husbandry tbh, I think it’s just a common “problem” with reptichip. Just trying to figure out the species of bug so I can figure out how to control them.

How long have you had them and how bad is the infestation? I only ask because I've seen a few on a couple different occasions after fresh reptichip was put in but I just ignored them and each time they go away in a fairly short amount of time. You may be able to just wait it out and they'll go away on their own.

[highqualityballz]

How long have you had them and how bad is the infestation? I only ask because I've seen a few on a couple different occasions after fresh reptichip was put in but I just ignored them and each time they go away in a fairly short amount of time. You may be able to just wait it out and they'll go away on their own.

Wouldn’t call it an infestation by any means, I occasionally see them with fresh reptichip, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t the only one.

[Tila]

Are they fungus gnats? In house plants they can emerge from too wet soil, and I've only seen them in plants that were freshly re-potted. For fungus gnats I've heard the suggestion of baking the soil before use to kill off the eggs, but I don't when I re-pot because I think it contributes to healthier soil with more balanced decomposition. I can see how if you were needing to change out substrate regularly how you could wind up in a perpetual fungus gnat stage though...good luck!