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20 x 10 x 12 too big?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 144212" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>It probably looks worse than it is, part of what you're seeing is condensation on the glass. I'm still surprised at seeing mould on Coco peat at all, a lot of my enclosures are permanently damp to some degree and I've never had a mould problem at all, perhaps it's because I use treated boiled tap water, mineral water or distilled water in my enclosures and for hydrating peat blocks, I don't know, maybe the nutrients needed by the mould are coming from the water supply? The only mould I ever get is where a dead cricket or similar sits, in which case I just scoop out the mouldy portion. I have had mould on wood in enclosures and as per the comment above I have added one large Rough Slater, Porcellio scaber, and the mould is eaten in a few days and doesn't come back. If you choose a large solid dark grey one it will likely be male so you won't get a population explosion, which has happened to me before I realised that they are sexually dimorphic.</p><p>As for the lid, more ventilation is always better but it looks serviceable. If you were to add more I'd advise concentrating on one end, this creates an air flow of sorts because any airflow across the lid will draw air out of the end with the most ventilation forcing air to be drawn in through end with less ventilation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 144212, member: 27677"] It probably looks worse than it is, part of what you're seeing is condensation on the glass. I'm still surprised at seeing mould on Coco peat at all, a lot of my enclosures are permanently damp to some degree and I've never had a mould problem at all, perhaps it's because I use treated boiled tap water, mineral water or distilled water in my enclosures and for hydrating peat blocks, I don't know, maybe the nutrients needed by the mould are coming from the water supply? The only mould I ever get is where a dead cricket or similar sits, in which case I just scoop out the mouldy portion. I have had mould on wood in enclosures and as per the comment above I have added one large Rough Slater, Porcellio scaber, and the mould is eaten in a few days and doesn't come back. If you choose a large solid dark grey one it will likely be male so you won't get a population explosion, which has happened to me before I realised that they are sexually dimorphic. As for the lid, more ventilation is always better but it looks serviceable. If you were to add more I'd advise concentrating on one end, this creates an air flow of sorts because any airflow across the lid will draw air out of the end with the most ventilation forcing air to be drawn in through end with less ventilation. [/QUOTE]
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