I should of took pics. I did a res change on my dwc tote. I noticed a shit load of real little white like flea/nats moving on top of the water before I dumped it. Can anyone tell me what they are? Only difference was I used liquid koolbloom last week and then I put in some molasses that I probably should of waited to use. I am guessing the bugs were from the molasses. They are prob all I've the roots. Should I be worried? The plants look good.
Sounds like white flies, they make stuff to add to the water to kill them. Dont remember what it is but they make it. Im pretty sure they eat the roots.
I know they are small. Like almost micro small. They are white. They kinda hop, scoot around on the water
use go gnats, I used it for fungal gnats or what ever they are called, one application is all it took. I would suggest dunking though, the shit is kind of messy in a ressy
I think FF is right. I don't think they will hurt anything for next two weeks. I didn't see where they mess with roots. They clean up res. looks like.
Probably fungus gnat larvae. Your medium was probably contaminated. Shouldn't be from any of the liquid products.
They look like the white larva at eye level but they scoot/hop around like shrimp, had a guy at the grow shop say they were prob the same thing FF mentioned. Larva wouldn't jump around like that would they???
Also this is dwc with clay pellets in net pots. I am thinking springtails because of molasses, but I am no expert. Does molasses cause springtails?
I've never seen gnat larva just the adults, anything f around? this close to the end though, you should be fine
Nothing f, the are just like shrimp, jumping and scooting around water, that's exactly how the guy at hydro shop said how springtails do. But I will get one under scope tomorrow to get good look
I thought mine in the last dwc were springtails but were fungus gnat larvae. Nothing f until 2 week res change. Then there were a couple buzzing around in the res.
Will fungus gnats larvae jump around like little grass hoppers/shrimp scooting? I only got two weeks left. Not sure what other than the koolbloom or molasses would of done it but it's only my second run. Didn't use those last time. I am breaking out the scope and getting a better idea when I get back.
I'd start researching "springtails". Don't know enough about hydro to comment on whether that's what they are, but if you were in soil that'd be my first thought. They tend to show up in the standing water of undrained pans under pots. http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G7363
After getting a closer look, they def look like the springtails. Not a lot of info here on them. I will look around. They are not messing up the plants. At least not from what I can see. Edit: not sure why pic is upside down? /monthly_2014_09/image.jpg.92ac62eea4a9a56eb2aa6c474d991a38.jpg
