i bought a fogger for Kaa's tank,and noticed some white stuff on top of the soil.i don't think it's mold it's not fuzzy just some white stuff .i run the fogger for 2 mins every 12 hours,i changed the soil anyways because I wasn't sure if it was mold better safe than sorry.but if any one knows what it is please help me out

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Is the soil coco-husk? Since your now introducing this much moisture the substrate will go through cycles as it tries to reach an equilibrium, the mold is usually the first step. I haven't gotten it in any of my new cages but I do get it in my crix cage that has a peat substrate, you could try adding some leaf litter which should keep that mold from forming.

[quote=chronicfatigue]Is the soil coco-husk? QUOTE]
i use lite way black earth loamy texture the bag says sphagnum peat-humus.i have some aspen I use of my corn could I mix some of this in with the soil instead of the leaf litter?

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1.0.0 nigerian uromastyx-Burtis
1.0.0 rainbow boa-Kaa
2.0.0 cats-Stripper & Spot
0.1.0 chilean rose T-Ceilia
0.0.1 Emperor scorpion-Tank
1.0.0 snow corn-Fat mike
1.0.0 okeetee corn-freddy

I was suggesting the leaf litter to cover the hummus as the mold is more than likely photosynthetic, so if you block the light you should block the growth. You could maybe cover it with aspen. This is why I set up more permanant enclosures, so that I don't have to go through the 'blooms and outbreaks.'

If you are using tap water in the fogger it may also be residual mineral dust from the water. When I run my home humidifier using tap water it leaves white powder everywhere!

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Yes, our water is full of minerals too....if I even mist a little with a mister bottle, it leaves white powder wherever the water dries.

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