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Princess house

Annalisa

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Hi, everyone! Guess what? I have a problem: I have this very cute brachipelma that lately was going around the glass of the terrarium waving spiderwebs. I read that maybe she could be stressed cause she didn’t have enough dirt to dig in, so when molting time came, I did prepare a new borrow for her. I mixed biological hummus and coconut fiber for kinda 40 cm.She is still taking her time resting after molt, but today I noticed there was white mold spread all over the dirt. Should I completely throw it because of contamination or is it somehow fixable ?
Thanks for your help
 

m0lsx

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Let it dry out, it will go away. Another solution is to put some springtails in, let them reduce the mould growth for you & then die off as the enclosure gets drier. Personally, I keep a separate container of springtails & feed the wetter enclosures with dried yeast to my springtails well fed & healthy.
 
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