About the Farmy

Springtail Farmy is a small operation dedicated to one thing: raising the toughest, most productive springtail cultures we can for the bioactive hobby.

Springtails (order Collembola) are the unsung heroes of a healthy vivarium. This tiny-but-mighty cleanup crew breaks down mold, waste, and decaying matter so your plants and animals thrive. We breed ours in-house and ship them as active, established colonies, ready to assemble in your enclosure.

A bioactive enclosure works because its cleanup crew never stops. Rather than manually scraping mold or waste out of a tank, keepers stock a live janitorial team of springtails, and often isopods, that quietly process it into harmless byproduct around the clock. Springtails handle the microscopic side of that job — fungal growth, biofilm, and decaying leaf litter — which is why nearly every dart frog, reptile, and planted terrarium setup includes them from day one.

We currently raise Asian Orange Springtails, with Lilac Purple Springtails regrouping for the next wave and Red Springtails in basic training. New to keeping them? Our field manual covers deployment, feeding, and troubleshooting. Got a question or a special request? We'd love to hear from you.