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monotub vent material and contamination....
    #23178206 - 05/01/16 10:47 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

I am making some progress in reducing contamination rates with my cubes in monotubs. (franks)

I run the tubs until they contam, usually after the second/third flush.

I would like to use some felt on my tub holes, but I am concerned about what to do when I spot some contams. I immediately toss it, but isn't some felt or polyfil a thing that can hold mold spores?

How do others deal with this topic? New material each time? Spray it down?

Many thanks!

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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: tedoro]
    #23178483 - 05/02/16 12:10 AM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Polyfill is going to work better for adjusting your airflow. You definitely want to change it each time if you're getting mold.


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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: Kizzle]
    #23179094 - 05/02/16 07:28 AM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Supposedly, no matter how spore infested a piece of polyfill is, those spores cannot germinate on your coir/properly pasteurized substrate.

With that said, I buy a big bag of poly stuffing for 5euro AFAIK and it lasts a looooong time so I use new poly every time. If re-usability is what you are after, you can submerge the polyfill in a strong bleach solution, maybe 15-20%? 10 probably works as well. That should clean it well enough. Folks who get mold on their SFDs use this to clean them up.

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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23179875 - 05/02/16 12:00 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Haha and I got the same poly in some tubs from back in 2012. They're pretty much black with spores lol


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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: Mad Season]
    #23180119 - 05/02/16 01:13 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

if you've had a major contam in a tub you can pc your polyfil to kill all spores.  I Just bunch it up in some tyvek sleeves then pc for 30 minutes.

This is overkill


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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: Mad Season]
    #23180212 - 05/02/16 01:36 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

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Haha and I got the same poly in some tubs from back in 2012. They're pretty much black with spores lol




Eww. Cheapo.. :biggrin:

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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23180327 - 05/02/16 02:00 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Thank you all. This is exactly what I needed to hear.

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Re: monotub vent material and contamination.... [Re: tedoro]
    #23180406 - 05/02/16 02:24 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

My poly is multiple years old as well.


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