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<blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 21850" data-attributes="member: 545"><p>It sounds like the humidity may be too high. Misting isn't usually necessary unless you are raising a sling or keeping a swamp-dwelling T like E. murinus, T. blondi, etc. It can also be useful during premolt but other than that it's generally not required.</p><p> </p><p>You can control humidity by using a larger water dish and/or restricting ventilation. If you have mold growing that's a good indicator it might be too wet. I keep my 2-inch A. versicolor (Martinique Pinktoe) with a water dish that covers almost all of the cage's bottom (the Avicularia have little to no association with the floor so they don't need the "crawling" space), and a screened vent that I used to keep almost completely covered with plastic wrap but I now have it open, since once a T reaches the 2-inch mark they don't need such high humidity anymore.</p><p> </p><p>The arboreal Ts do best with a higher humidity plus good ventilation. According to <em>The Tarantula Keeper's Guide</em>, a good system to achieve this is to use a bigger water dish to increase evaporation of moisture into the air, while the ventilation provides an escape route for it, thus keeping the humidity going but also keeping the air moving.</p><p> </p><p>You can probably just wipe the mold off the log, if it's not a very huge amount. Once you cut down on the humidity, the mold growth should stop, or at least be reduced considerably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sabeth, post: 21850, member: 545"] It sounds like the humidity may be too high. Misting isn't usually necessary unless you are raising a sling or keeping a swamp-dwelling T like E. murinus, T. blondi, etc. It can also be useful during premolt but other than that it's generally not required. You can control humidity by using a larger water dish and/or restricting ventilation. If you have mold growing that's a good indicator it might be too wet. I keep my 2-inch A. versicolor (Martinique Pinktoe) with a water dish that covers almost all of the cage's bottom (the Avicularia have little to no association with the floor so they don't need the "crawling" space), and a screened vent that I used to keep almost completely covered with plastic wrap but I now have it open, since once a T reaches the 2-inch mark they don't need such high humidity anymore. The arboreal Ts do best with a higher humidity plus good ventilation. According to [I]The Tarantula Keeper's Guide[/I], a good system to achieve this is to use a bigger water dish to increase evaporation of moisture into the air, while the ventilation provides an escape route for it, thus keeping the humidity going but also keeping the air moving. You can probably just wipe the mold off the log, if it's not a very huge amount. Once you cut down on the humidity, the mold growth should stop, or at least be reduced considerably. [/QUOTE]
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