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Enclosures and Housing
Humidity vs Ventilation conflict
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<blockquote data-quote="BoxOfFrogs" data-source="post: 325822" data-attributes="member: 11163"><p>Sorry, a bit more info that may be relevant.</p><p></p><p>I bought the items as advised by the pet shop guy - he has been keeping and breeding mantises for 12 years - and I started with coconut shell substrate (the compressed kind that expands when you add water), a branch of sterilised driftwood, and heat mat. Within 5 days I had mould blooming on several sections of the branch! To avoid this I changed to using paper tissue on the base of the enclosure, the bowl of water/sponge and a 'tree' sculpted from electric cable still in its outer insulation. No mould since. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoxOfFrogs, post: 325822, member: 11163"] Sorry, a bit more info that may be relevant. I bought the items as advised by the pet shop guy - he has been keeping and breeding mantises for 12 years - and I started with coconut shell substrate (the compressed kind that expands when you add water), a branch of sterilised driftwood, and heat mat. Within 5 days I had mould blooming on several sections of the branch! To avoid this I changed to using paper tissue on the base of the enclosure, the bowl of water/sponge and a 'tree' sculpted from electric cable still in its outer insulation. No mould since. [/QUOTE]
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