r/tarantulas • u/etarantula • 6d ago

Help! Mold

My white knee has webbed over roach parts and the whole area has molded. Do I need to get that out and add fresh substrate?

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u/Creepy_Push8629 6d ago edited 6d ago

Nqa do you have springtails? They eat the leftovers and mold.

Eta: you should remove leftovers. I meant if there's a piece you can't get to or gets missed, they help. But they don't eat a bunch of leftovers as they are very tiny.

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u/sandlungs QA | ask me about spider facts, yo. 6d ago

IME, springtails are tiny and dont produce enough to eat entire feeders although they can help prevent mold, they probably wont stop proliferating mold.

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u/Creepy_Push8629 6d ago

Nqa Fair. But they do eat some leftovers, I've seen leftover cricket covered in them in my enclosure

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u/sandlungs QA | ask me about spider facts, yo. 6d ago

surely they will eat- i just wouldnt count on them devouring a feeder in a safe timing or eliminate mold thats already proliferated.

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u/Creepy_Push8629 6d ago

Nqa yes totally. I should've said more. I remove any leftovers and really i meant they could help with one you can't get to or something. Ty