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Yeah I like using both side and lid ventilation personally.

73F shouldn't be too hot and is an ideal temp for them IMO, but the oil radiator may have made the temps inside the enclosure even warmer than that if they were especially close to it, or dried it out much too fast. I'd definitely aim for keeping at least half the enclosure humid at all times.

Sometimes they'll eat the mold, but more often it's the case that springtails eat the mold, and in the time it takes for them to do that the mold doesn't really bother the pods, they just walk over it and don't care much.

Thanks, I appreciate it!

<blockquote data-quote="Hisserdude" data-source="post: 198771" data-attributes="member: 4652">Yeah I like using both side and lid ventilation personally. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />73F shouldn't be too hot and is an ideal temp for them IMO, but the oil radiator may have made the temps inside the enclosure even warmer than that if they were especially close to it, or dried it out much too fast. I'd definitely aim for keeping at least half the enclosure humid at all times. Sometimes they'll eat the mold, but more often it's the case that springtails eat the mold, and in the time it takes for them to do that the mold doesn't really bother the pods, they just walk over it and don't care much. Thanks, I appreciate it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hisserdude, post: 198771, member: 4652"] Yeah I like using both side and lid ventilation personally. :) 73F shouldn't be too hot and is an ideal temp for them IMO, but the oil radiator may have made the temps inside the enclosure even warmer than that if they were especially close to it, or dried it out much too fast. I'd definitely aim for keeping at least half the enclosure humid at all times. Sometimes they'll eat the mold, but more often it's the case that springtails eat the mold, and in the time it takes for them to do that the mold doesn't really bother the pods, they just walk over it and don't care much. Thanks, I appreciate it! :D [/QUOTE]

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