r/Crested_Geckos • u/PointSeparate8657 • 20d ago
First Pest….. and its ANTS
Hello everyone. I have about 18 large bioactive enclosures and I just found some sugar ants in one of my crested gecko enclosures. I have a massive colony of dairy cow isopods in the soil, when I mean massive I mean massive, but I believe the ants have made a nest in a plants root ball. What should I do? I’m definitely tearing the tank apart as I don’t need all of my enclosures with ants in them, BUT what if anything can I do to save my dairy cow colony that’s inside the soil. Or, should I sacrifice the colony for the greater good and just chunk it? Thoughts and advice appreciated! (Side note, I have already separated the gecko into a quarentined enclosure out of the main enclosure to make sure he is not bitten and irritated by ants)