JohnSlabinski
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Don't know what type they are but I need to work fast any suggestions please!
Sadface bugs :(
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Here's a viedo 
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I know it's something along that line of dangerous strangers. I have little brown translucent ones that look dam close to ticks and white long ones in the viedo the brown round translucent ones haven't gotten a viedo of yet but will shortly
Blake_n_Concentrates
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Have you noticed issues with the plants themselves?
JohnSlabinski
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Tips are brown like nute burn I can supply pics if you like. I accidentally pressed report and typed the same message by accident..... Other then that there's nothing really wrong..not that I see at least
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These are pics. Some look excellent but some look like they are being eaten ripped leafs etc? Unless I'm just not being careful enough and doing that myself but I doubt it. They are also all different strands
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Michael Huntherz
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I think they are fungus gnats. Not great to have, their larvae do some root damage, water with some B. t. israeliensis bits and let it dry out more in between waterings.
Michael Huntherz
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May want to get some yellow sticky traps, too.
JohnSlabinski
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I really appreciate the quick response and since I started you helped me with guidelines and shit which I really appreciate. So I learned that listening to your advice was good so I just wanted a quick tip!!! It was my mistake I just realized what I did when you told me what to do... I was letting my water sit out in jugs to let the chlorine evaporate and I am 100% sure mesquitos were laying eggs in it. (Why I was wondering the fucking mesquitos we're in my house)
Michael Huntherz
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I don’t know what the round bugs would be except mites, videos of them would help, but that’s pretty tough.
You can spray with some pyrethrin garden spray until you start flowering, I would not do it once buds have formed. Watering with Spinosad and Mosquito Bits as directed is also a good step for basic pest control.
You can spray with some pyrethrin garden spray until you start flowering, I would not do it once buds have formed. Watering with Spinosad and Mosquito Bits as directed is also a good step for basic pest control.
Michael Huntherz
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All sorts of chironomids including mosquitoes will colonize open water, most are harmless. I used to do it on purpose and net up the larvae to feed my aquarium fish. Those look like fungus gnats to me, but they could be any small midge-like diptera including aquatic species from your water jugs.
Chances are that the amount of chlorine in your water is not going to hurt your plants at all. I add 6 drops of liquid bleach per gallon of solution to my reservoirs every 3-5 days fo keep bacteria and algae growth down. The plants don’t seem to notice.
It is more important to have oxygenated water than zero chlorine, fresh cold water from the tap is nicely oxygenated.
Leave it out for an hour and the chlorine will be 90% oxidized away.
Warm water can hold less oxygen in suspension, so cold water is your friend, within reason, don’t start watering with ice cubes, lol.
I run aquarium airstones in my reservoirs to continuously oxygenate it, and I swear it makes a big difference.
You can probably find municipal water data for your area online, check out how much chlorine is really there. If you need help reading the report, upload it or link to it.
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Blake_n_Concentrates
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It's really hard to tell what is going on with the video and pics. Their long bodies make me think springtales which are harmless but I don't see any of them hop. Do you see them "hop" around at all? Also could be hypoaspis miles given their speed which is a benenficial soil mite and do no harm. Take one out of the pot and expect the roots closely. If there are mites hanging down around the roots, that's gonna be RA. If they are just surfing the top of the pot, you are probably fine and its a springtale or some kind of beneficial mite.
Blake_n_Concentrates
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Looks just like springtales to me... similar body shape and quick wiggly movement I see in your video. I have had huge populations pop up out of nowhere when running my medium on the consistently wet side of things. They are harmless.
JohnSlabinski
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Posted a better pic of the bugger! Little fucker was walking around the bucket lid when I saw
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Yea I got that organic spray kills about dam near everything
