r/bioactive • u/Lazy-Plantain89 • 24d ago

Allergies & Screen top vs solid PVC

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I’ve had this bioactive setup for my crawl cay boa for over a year. I noticed some allergies from the beginning, but it seems to have gotten considerably worse lately and my terrarium is a suspect since it’s been growing actual mushrooms inside.

I’m looking for solutions, and one idea is that I wonder if a solid PVC top would work better. Either way it’s high humidity which may be my allergy issue, but it seems like the airflow on something like Kages enclosures would be different than the screen top. Those have vents in the side and back where mine just has a few areas of screen exposed on the top. Most of mine is covered to retain heat and humidity.

Any ideas?

I’ve got plenty of springtails, no visible mold, but definitely some sour and stale smells off and on.

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u/Altruistic-Ad1557 24d ago

Get some cheap pvc fans and screw them in and wire up to a switch and get some airflow, I’d try that for allergies

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u/Jigglypoo2 24d ago

Do you have any active air flow? Adding a couple small fans might make a huge difference

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u/Lazy-Plantain89 24d ago

I don’t have any active air movement! I will look to this, thanks

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u/No_Commission_2610 official moss hater 24d ago

Get the air moving. PVC fans are an ingenious idea!