Changing the substrate is the best option or you can take the lazy man's approach (as I've been known to do) and, assuming the enclosure is small enough, stick it in the microwave and nuke the little sons a...guns.
note-don't forget to take your T out first if you decide to microwave the enclosure.
if the isopods were prego they could be baby isos
Oh...this is gonna be funok at least I know what to do LOL
The tricky part im trying to figure out is how to remove the obts. One of the obts has a TON of webbing and he has like 3 burrows which will make it more difficult. How do I do this?
. Again, if the enclosure is small enough, you can cheat and stick it in the fridge for 10 minutes or so and slow them down a bit. I'd probably pour in as much water as necessary to flood the one out of his burrow (he won't be happy about it ). You might have to use your forceps, a chopstick, whatnot to tease some out of their webbing. Be aware they might try to run up the object and tag you. Ultimately the game plan is to cup them (get a cup over them--whether they're on the substrate, on the sides of the enclosure, where ever--and slide a piece of junk mail or whatever underneath, capturing them. You have fun with that. LOL this is going to be badOh...this is gonna be fun
--the nature boy
I made the mistake of going 22 with my S. calceatums when I had to transfer them. They were fairly catatonic, but fine. Unless you have slings I would think 10 would be no big deal.LOL this is going to be bad
If I get tagged ill be sure to post in the bite forum
One last question. Is it really safe to do for 10 min?
I also got to do my pokie. That might be more easyer I hope.....
No. They could probably teleport right through it and, regardless, I'd be concerned about it getting on the book lungs. Suffocation via vasaline can't be fun. I'm not a big fan of vaseline in general. Of course when I was a teenager...um, never mind.
Just a teen Matt?
Hmmmm....... This is odd. I did see little white things moving this morning. I dont see anything anymore. I do however see these white/brown dots. What do you think?Not sure what you've got but they could be good or bad mites. Here's a link of a good mite. Could be what you have.
http://www.buglogical.com/hypoaspis_control_fungusGnats/hypoaspis.asp
if not, you could buy these and they might take care of your mite problem for you too. There's also a way to make traps for mites-something to do with 35mm film canisters and vaseline or something like that. You'll have to search the older threads for it though. I'm too damn lazy to do it for you!;P
Just giving you some other options.