Well, I made sure I made plenty of vent holes for my A.versicolor and Pterinochilus sp. slings in their new little enclosures. The substrate is a peat/verm mix slightly more peat then verm.
neway, the two slings never touch bottom, so I provide moisture by spraying the bottom part of their enclosure with of course water. My question is that I don't have condensation on the sides of the enclosures naturally, also I assume becuase I was aware of the need for ventilation so I provided plenty of air flow.
Neway, my Pterinochilus has about twice as much substrate as the versicolor. BUt yesterday I noticed a small spot of mold in the Pter's enclosure.
Here is what the enclosure looks like:
now the Pter's substrate fills the whole bottom half (in case he decides he want to burrow), so it holds the moisture much better. So I have sprayed it just a bit each day for the last two days becuase it feels barely even moist to the touch and looks dry through the plastic...however I noticed the mold yesterday in only one spot. so i pulled it out. I think it was on the remains of a crickets, but not sure. Neway, how moist should the substrate be to keep proper humidity? Or more appropriately what is a good gauge to measure humidity with? I know those reptile ones are supposed to be inaccurate, but would one of those 3 dollar ones work well enough?
Do I go out and spend the 60-80 for a digital one?
I'm not so worried about the mold, i mean i am, but I can just pick it out if its small and localized like it was last night...or i can just change the substrate, since his tube web doesnt even touch the ground at all...
but I would prefer to keep the humidity higher for him and my versicolor(if needed), but i don't know how to measure it.
neway, the two slings never touch bottom, so I provide moisture by spraying the bottom part of their enclosure with of course water. My question is that I don't have condensation on the sides of the enclosures naturally, also I assume becuase I was aware of the need for ventilation so I provided plenty of air flow.
Neway, my Pterinochilus has about twice as much substrate as the versicolor. BUt yesterday I noticed a small spot of mold in the Pter's enclosure.
Here is what the enclosure looks like:
now the Pter's substrate fills the whole bottom half (in case he decides he want to burrow), so it holds the moisture much better. So I have sprayed it just a bit each day for the last two days becuase it feels barely even moist to the touch and looks dry through the plastic...however I noticed the mold yesterday in only one spot. so i pulled it out. I think it was on the remains of a crickets, but not sure. Neway, how moist should the substrate be to keep proper humidity? Or more appropriately what is a good gauge to measure humidity with? I know those reptile ones are supposed to be inaccurate, but would one of those 3 dollar ones work well enough?
Do I go out and spend the 60-80 for a digital one?
I'm not so worried about the mold, i mean i am, but I can just pick it out if its small and localized like it was last night...or i can just change the substrate, since his tube web doesnt even touch the ground at all...
but I would prefer to keep the humidity higher for him and my versicolor(if needed), but i don't know how to measure it.
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