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all of a suden my ff cultures are growing mold a day or 2 after i se them up, i have done nothing different to them than to ones that have to grown mold, how can i get rid of the mold and stop it from coming back!also how did i get mold in the first place?

>>all of a suden my ff cultures are growing mold a day or 2 after i se them up, i have done nothing different to them than to ones that have to grown mold, how can i get rid of the mold and stop it from coming back!also how did i get mold in the first place?

Mold is one of those things that is always present as the spores are airborne. The only thing you can do is to use a mold inhibitor to prevent them from taking residence in your fruit fly cultures. Personally I use a ratio of 1 cup vinegar to 1 gallon distilled water to prevent mold growth. There are other products you can acquire from biological supply houses that work well and can be added to your culture. As far as getting rid of the mold in your culture, I am afraid your only choice is to scrap infested cultures and start over.
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if its a black mold, it happens. don't open the container as the spores will go air born. when it happend to me i just moved cultures away from the area to one with more air flow.