Pamphobeteus antinous Soil

[Gillian Pajor]

How much mold? If it's small spots I clean out the individual patches with a spoon so I get some of the sub from around it. If the whole enclosure is fuzzy there are likely ventilation issues or your sub had an issue before you put it in the enclosure. Learning to balance humidity and ventilation for my tropicals was a challenge for me. I don't generally have issues these days but now and again something gets missed and I have to remove a patch.

How do you work with that problem? I'm having an issue with it

 

[RemyZee]

this is the picture of the mold.

Just scoop it out and allow the soil to dry. You don't need that Petco hygrometer, either. They don't work and you don't need to be concerned with specific humidities. Make sure you have cross ventilation in your enclosure (holes in the sides) and moisten an area or overflow the water bowl once the soil dries out. It's likely you had it too moist with inadequate ventilation.

 

[cold blood]

lol, just pick out the mold...if it keeps recurring, increase ventilation and/or decrease the moisture within.

 

[sasker]

Did anyone suggest springtails yet? These are tiny little bugs that eat fungi and can be kept with tarantulas that like moist surroundings. Just google bioactive terrarium to find out more. Perhaps it is not really necessary to introduce springtails and isopods into your tank yet, because just picking it out will just do the trick, but you might want to consider this option later on.

 

[Gillian Pajor]

Did anyone suggest springtails yet? These are tiny little bugs that eat fungi and can be kept with tarantulas that like moist surroundings. Just google bioactive terrarium to find out more. Perhaps it is not really necessary to introduce springtails and isopods into your tank yet, because just picking it out will just do the trick, but you might want to consider this option later on.

i will probably end up getting them if they work well. Do you use them? And if so, do they ever cause your tarantula any problems?

 

[sasker]

I use them among others for my Pamphobeteus sp mascara. They are really small and I they don't seem to bother my tarantula. It's a bit of a cliché, but in nature they also share their environment with countless little bugs, so I doubt my tarantula uses any sleep over it.

 

[Gillian Pajor]

I use them among others for my Pamphobeteus sp mascara. They are really small and I they don't seem to bother my tarantula. It's a bit of a cliché, but in nature they also share their environment with countless little bugs, so I doubt my tarantula uses any sleep over it.

where can I get them

 

[sasker]

I don't know where you live, but they are readily available in most Western countries. I couldn't find them in the country where I live, so I bought a culture when I was in the Netherlands. Once you have a culture, you can split it into another culture and you will never have to buy them again (in theory). Just google them, I am sure you can order them online. You can try websites that sell stuff for keeping poison dart frogs.

 

[Gillian Pajor]

I don't know where you live, but they are readily available in most Western countries. I couldn't find them in the country where I live, so I bought a culture when I was in the Netherlands. Once you have a culture, you can split it into another culture and you will never have to buy them again (in theory). Just google them, I am sure you can order them online. You can try websites that sell stuff for keeping poison dart frogs.

I will check it out thank you, I sadly live in the united states so I most likely will not have easy asscess to them but I will try thank you

 

[sasker]

I sadly live in the united states

I am pretty sure that you will have no problem finding them in your state. You will probably even be able to find them in your local pet shop provided they sell exotic pets.

 

[RemyZee]

I will check it out thank you, I sadly live in the united states so I most likely will not have easy asscess to them but I will try thank you

@Gillian Pajor , they're readily available in the states. You can also order online from several sources.

 

[Gillian Pajor]

@Gillian Pajor , they're readily available in the states. You can also order online from several sources.

Oh thank you i didn't know that

 

[Sana]

You can usually find them through nurseries and gardening supply companies/websites.

 

[Gillian Pajor]

You can usually find them through nurseries and gardening supply companies/websites.

do you have any idea of any

 

[sasker]

I think you can do a search on Google like so: "order + online + springtails + place/state where you live". It is really not difficult. They are quite cheap too. Some vendors sell both tarantulas and springtail colonies, so you could save on the postage by ordering both I don't know which in your part of the world, but you will figure it out, I am sure!