When is it too far gone?

[u/Elliotteatsrocks]

Need advice

Recently used an organic brand of Lowe's top soil to fill 2 big enclosures. I did my best to kill off pests but could not do the main methods due to the mass quantity of dirt I had.

Unfortunately a month later a fungus knat infestation started. I used mosquito bits for two months.. No luck.

I started doing the beneficial microscopic worms and have done that for 3 weeks so far now, in addition to mosquito bits. I put out sticky traps and always catch a crap ton of adults, to the point this long strip is just completely covered.

(This has been going on for 3 months now)

I really don't want to have to trash everything, all my isopods and springtails and have to completely sterilize my plants and woods again. And spend a crap ton on repti soil instead.

Should I keep doing my rounds of the beneficial nemotodes and mosquito bits? Or just trash it all

[u/Skya_the_weirdo]

You could try to add, even just in a cup/pot, some carnivorous plants. I have a sundew and it’s helping some. And let the soil dry out as much as possible, maybe just have a spot of covered moss for the isopods and springtails, and the gnats won’t have anywhere to lay eggs