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binksyboy3
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PostSubject: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 8:56 am

I understand that it does them no harm,it's just that i never used to get it but recently there's loads of it.
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 9:00 am

mould can come from many things.. plant stuff, chunks of feeder bugs.. you name it Very Happy
clean more.. or get potting soil instead.. i dont experiance as much mould with that..

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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 11:15 am

woodlice - they do a great job Very Happy they love mould Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 11:22 am

tropical pillbugs is really good too.. allso eats dead feeder bugs Very Happy

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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 1:16 pm

LadyRiotControl wrote:
woodlice - they do a great job Very Happy they love mould Very Happy

What, they clean the mould?
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 2:06 pm

yes, as well as eating other decaying matter. (millipedes seem to do a good job, too..)
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 3:03 pm

yeah, pill bugs are great, they reproduce really well too.
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/19/2009, 4:16 pm

and they eat mites Very Happy bonus!
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/20/2009, 1:04 am

and what do the scorps think of em?
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/20/2009, 2:02 am

They don't think much of them, they just mind their own business since the janitors are busy doing their job Razz
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/20/2009, 2:32 am

Does good ventilation helps preventing mould?
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/20/2009, 5:42 am

yes it does. and occasionally ya scorpion may see the wood louse as food - well mine do anyway.
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/20/2009, 6:56 am

yeah, good venitlation will help with all sorts of problems.
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/21/2009, 1:05 am

so what, i can just get a couple from my garden and shove 'em in?
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PostSubject: Re: how can i minimize mould on coco fibre?   6/21/2009, 6:16 am

yeah, I suppose (I usually go into the local forest and get stuff, it seems..."cleaner")
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