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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 146590" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>Sorry for the late reply.</p><p>I certainly will incorporate charcoal into my next substrate mix, your reasoning is very convincing. I usually don't have a problem with mould, it usually is a short lived "boom" if it does occur, although these tanks had a lot on the surface, more than I am comfortable with usually, but then they are almost straight coir peat rather than a mix. The next enclosure I'll be setting up is a 4' tank for a lizard, I had to leave her tank behind when I moved house. Her previous tank was very much biodynamic, apart from the deliberate seeding with isopods and wood roaches it was situated outside with just oven racks as lids to keep cats and birds out but let insects etc in. Then each year I topped the leaf litter up with leaf litter in various stages of decomposition from beneath my native trees which added a variety of organisms. I'll be setting up a similar enclosure for her, incorporating your input. </p><p>I've found in small enclosures it's hard to keep beneficial organisms in balance, in particular the isopod populations tend to explode and overrun everything. I am in a much drier environment now, perhaps the lower ambiant humidity will help keep them in check. </p><p>I'd be very interested in checking out your enclosures and other content if you have a YouTube account, Facebook page or similar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 146590, member: 27677"] Sorry for the late reply. I certainly will incorporate charcoal into my next substrate mix, your reasoning is very convincing. I usually don't have a problem with mould, it usually is a short lived "boom" if it does occur, although these tanks had a lot on the surface, more than I am comfortable with usually, but then they are almost straight coir peat rather than a mix. The next enclosure I'll be setting up is a 4' tank for a lizard, I had to leave her tank behind when I moved house. Her previous tank was very much biodynamic, apart from the deliberate seeding with isopods and wood roaches it was situated outside with just oven racks as lids to keep cats and birds out but let insects etc in. Then each year I topped the leaf litter up with leaf litter in various stages of decomposition from beneath my native trees which added a variety of organisms. I'll be setting up a similar enclosure for her, incorporating your input. I've found in small enclosures it's hard to keep beneficial organisms in balance, in particular the isopod populations tend to explode and overrun everything. I am in a much drier environment now, perhaps the lower ambiant humidity will help keep them in check. I'd be very interested in checking out your enclosures and other content if you have a YouTube account, Facebook page or similar. [/QUOTE]
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