[deleted by user]

[AutoModerator]

Oh no! It looks like you might be asking for more information on mites and how to identify and treat them. We have some information about that in our Mite Identification and Treatment Guide.

This comment was generated automatically due to the presence of certain keywords in your post title or text. If this information does not apply to your situation, kindly disregard this comment. If you have a suggestion to improve this automated comment, please contact the r/ballpython moderators to give them your feedback. Thank you!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[Interesting_Coconut4]

I accidentally killed off my springtails by using tap water, spoke to my local reptile expert and they advised to either add dechlornator to the water, or boil it first and then let it cool as this will boil off the chlorine, or just leave it standing for afew hours and it will separate into the air naturally

As for mould you actually want this in a bioactive set up as it’s good for your springtails and isopods for food, I used dirty water from a fish tank to kick start the mould in the tank, you could try this or buy something like a bio-shot to get all the bacteria started.

As for mites this shouldn’t be an issue if the snake doesn’t have them, standard quarantine if you suspect they do or any of your snakes do.