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how do you do it so that it doesnt come back so quick and won't hurt the animals?
we have a hollowed out log and no matter how many times we clean it it comes back very quickylt in the same spot.. im using this in a rainforest type terrarium if you need to know. thanks
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Unfortunatly mold is a product of the enviroment, you can't kill it like bacteria. You can however control the enviromental stimulus that cause the mold to grow. There are also different types of mold that happen in different typs of enviroments.

Having a "rain forrest" type enclosure I suspect the high humidity and low airflow are the main cause. Also mold seams to spout from high concentrations of organic matter, like waste.

I suggest you change the airflow in the areas that are prone to mold. For example your log, turn it so that the flow of air within your enclosure flows through it better, this can't be seen but can be experimented with. Make it so it doesn't trap air, let it vent more. Also you didn't specify the animal snake and lizard waste are really high in bioload that allows mold to spread easy and so fast. Smaller amphibians usually don't create the same bio load in there waste stream.

Another option is to re-post this question on the Dart Frog Forum. Nearly all of them deal with your problem everyday perhaps on a different scale but the might have some additional insight.

Good Luck
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