After running for a day something had become obvious, that my Bioset was a good place for things to live. A lot of things. A lot of tiny, different critters. First off, you can see the soil near the base of the moss keeps moving, and there is what almost looks like static fuzziness in the moss.
At least the lighting is solid and consistent.
But what am I supposed to do about Big Worm & the 'lil Guys?
I was not too concerned about Big Worm, while he was doing his best to trash my timelapse set from my understanding it means I have a healthy set. How he got in there, I am not sure.
The little guys on the other hand worried me. At first i had thought they were springtails, they only seemed to be interested in the damp areas. But when I examine images online of Springtails they don't look like these at all. If anybody could identify these please shoot me an email i would be curious to know.
Whatever the hell they are, I am reluctant to use any pesticides, and figured the best course of action would be to scrap the entire set for now. My parents who are my biggest supporters had given some bulbs to me to play with. So this morning I removed all the dirt, cleaned out my trays, dumped everything out, and shut off the humidifier and moved onto the next project.
Considering they had not moved beyond the damp areas I imagine they cannot survive in other enviornments. Colorado is awfully dry, my basement rarely gets over 30% humidity
Once I am done with the bulbs I was planning on building a set for carniverous plants, however a small film company has asked if i would be interested in helping them shoot a scene for a film they are working one. As far as i know it is not a paying gig, but the subject looks very intriguing. I think i might put the carnivorous plants off a little bit longer ;)
For now, its time to grow some bulbs :)
