I just finished my crested gecko cage. I am having trouble with mold. The substrate doesn't seem to being draining well. The bottom level is lava rock and the coco bedding is seperated by a screen but doesn't seem to be draining well enough. Mold has popped up in the plants. Not sure how to fix it, any ideas?
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Mold Issue in terrium
maxwelltub
Sep 23, 2007 08:06 PM
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Matt Campbell
Sep 25, 2007 01:40 PM
You could try increasing your ventilation, particularly if even with a drainage layer you've got saturated substrate.
>>I just finished my crested gecko cage. I am having trouble with mold. The substrate doesn't seem to being draining well. The bottom level is lava rock and the coco bedding is seperated by a screen but doesn't seem to be draining well enough. Mold has popped up in the plants. Not sure how to fix it, any ideas?
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zach_whitman
Sep 27, 2007 12:40 AM
I have always had problems with mold in cocobedding in moist vivariums. To get it to drain better I usually add a bunch of sand. This helps but if its a really humid viv you will still have some. Most of the time it will spike a large growth and then die back to background levels, but sometimes it just sticks around. I have often thought about trying a fungicide like lotrimin, but I am not sure if its cool with plants and have never altually tried it.
How deep is the substrate?
