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thanks all
i managed to get these this morning & they work a treat (magnafing glass)
i have had another look at the avics with these on & i can see mites on them !!! but there was none walking around the enclosure !!!
i also rang local rep shop & tss for some advice, both agreed that nukeing the enclosure for 5 min in the microwave should kill any mites in the enclosure. but also said i will need to remove the mites of the Ts buy brushing them off in a seprate tub.
exactly how i will do this with slings i dont no ??? (but i should be good with the larger Ts)

plan of action
im going to separate the two vivs & put one on each side of the room to hope fully stop them spreading as much, then im going to nuke all enclosures again & try to remove any mites i seen on the Ts buy brushing them off. if any one has an idea on how to remove mites from slings i would appricate the help ???

one last thing !!!
the spider guy in the rep shop told me not to dry the substrate out untill i have got rid of the mites !!!as if i have moist substrate they will happly just walk abought the enclosure makeing them easier to see & remove, but if u dry the substrate out they will go looking for a source of hummidty wich only leaves the Ts or the water bowl as there source ???

<blockquote data-quote="spidey noob" data-source="post: 49481" data-attributes="member: 3191">thanks all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />i managed to get these this morning &amp; they work a treat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> (magnafing glass)<a href="http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Andrew_Kalinowski/media/IMAG0268_zpsrustdih7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o699/Andrew_Kalinowski/IMAG0268_zpsrustdih7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>i have had another look at the avics with these on &amp; i can see mites on them !!! but there was none walking around the enclosure !!!i also rang local rep shop &amp; tss for some advice, both agreed that nukeing the enclosure for 5 min in the microwave should kill any mites in the enclosure. but also said i will need to remove the mites of the Ts buy brushing them off in a seprate tub.exactly how i will do this with slings i dont no ??? (but i should be good with the larger Ts)plan of actionim going to separate the two vivs &amp; put one on each side of the room to hope fully stop them spreading as much, then im going to nuke all enclosures again &amp; try to remove any mites i seen on the Ts buy brushing them off. if any one has an idea on how to remove mites from slings i would appricate the help ???one last thing&nbsp; !!!the spider guy in the rep shop told me not to dry the substrate out untill i have got rid of the mites !!!as if i have moist substrate they will happly just walk abought the enclosure makeing them easier to see &amp; remove, but if u dry the substrate out they will go looking for a source of hummidty wich only leaves the Ts or the water bowl as there source ???</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spidey noob, post: 49481, member: 3191"] thanks all :) i managed to get these this morning & they work a treat ;) (magnafing glass) [URL='http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Andrew_Kalinowski/media/IMAG0268_zpsrustdih7.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o699/Andrew_Kalinowski/IMAG0268_zpsrustdih7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] i have had another look at the avics with these on & i can see mites on them !!! but there was none walking around the enclosure !!! i also rang local rep shop & tss for some advice, both agreed that nukeing the enclosure for 5 min in the microwave should kill any mites in the enclosure. but also said i will need to remove the mites of the Ts buy brushing them off in a seprate tub. exactly how i will do this with slings i dont no ??? (but i should be good with the larger Ts) plan of action im going to separate the two vivs & put one on each side of the room to hope fully stop them spreading as much, then im going to nuke all enclosures again & try to remove any mites i seen on the Ts buy brushing them off. if any one has an idea on how to remove mites from slings i would appricate the help ??? one last thing !!! the spider guy in the rep shop told me not to dry the substrate out untill i have got rid of the mites !!!as if i have moist substrate they will happly just walk abought the enclosure makeing them easier to see & remove, but if u dry the substrate out they will go looking for a source of hummidty wich only leaves the Ts or the water bowl as there source ??? [/QUOTE]

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