Albino Lilac Springtails

Meet my favourite little clean-up crew with a glow: albino lilac springtails. They’ve got a soft, pale-yellow look that really pops against darker substrate, and they’re absolute machines at polishing off mould, leftover food, and general funk in bioactive setups. This culture is on clay (not charcoal), so it stays tidy, easy to harvest, and doesn’t pepper your enclosure with black bits.

Why you’ll like this culture

• Clay > charcoal: cleaner, easier tapping, no mess.
• Fast multipliers: perfect for seeding new builds or giving established bins a boost.
• Bioactive essential: helps keep surfaces clean and your micro-ecosystem humming.

What you get

• 1 thriving culture cup of albino lilac springtails on clay (mixed sizes), started in-house.
• Ready to seed dart-frog vivs, gecko tanks, isopod tubs, millipede bins—anywhere you want a living clean-up crew.

Care & feeding (simple)

• Keep the clay damp, not soaked. Use dechlorinated water.
• Room temp is great: 20–24 °C (68–75 °F) is the sweet spot.
• Feed a tiny dusting of pill diet as needed. If you see fuzzy mould, you fed too much—pause, vent, and let them catch up.
• Crack the lid for fresh air a couple times a week.

How to use

• Tilt the cup, give the clay a light tap, and “rain” springtails straight into the enclosure.
• Seed both humid hides and leaf-litter zones for best coverage.
• When the culture looks crowded, split it: move a chunk of clay into a new cup to keep a backup colony going.

Notes

• Tone varies with lighting, age, and what they’ve been eating—totally normal.
• Size/colour may look lighter on fresh cultures and deepen as numbers build.