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OK people..its a bit too humid in one of my leaf tail setups. I have only moss as substrate, until I move in a few weeks I don't want to set up something fancy.

However, how can I control the growth of fungus? Finding a hard balance between underwatering and over watering that leads to fungus especially because the air is dry here in the winter.

I would love to know what's in cork bark, because nothing ever grows around the cork bark or on it. But this piece of sandblasted grape vine is like a fungus magnet...

Aren't there places online that sell "swamp" wood that supposedly doesn't get moldy/rot??
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Uroplatus sikorae 1.1
Uroplatus henkeli
Ball python
Hogg Island Boa Constrictor
Several species of tarantula

Cypress driftwood is commonly used in aquariums, and it won't mold. I use cypress mulch in my blood python cage for just that reason... high humidity, zero mold. Its kindof course stuff though, so I'm not sure how well it would work...

I don't know if this helps any but I actually recently started putting a single coat of polyacrylic to some of my branches to make it easier to clean. seems that it actually has helped some and the mold growth has gone down some.

Also, use a UV light. It inhibits most mold growth.