Rotnpins said:

Smellyhobbit said:

So I’m still learning agar. Few months behind, and things like this mystify me. This looks irregular to me. Is this enmeshed mold? Just tomentose growth that hasn’t figured out who it wants to be yet? Where would you transfer if it were your plate?

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Id go with 4 and 8 7 o'clock

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I agree those bottom cleavage areas are prime to poke around in

Smellyhobbit said:

Where would you transfer if it were your plate?

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rumfor69 said:

Smellyhobbit said:

So I’m still learning agar. Few months behind, and things like this mystify me. This looks irregular to me. Is this enmeshed mold? Just tomentose growth that hasn’t figured out who it wants to be yet? Where would you transfer if it were your plate?

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rumfor69 said:

The interior is in the past fuggit about it

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Rotnpins said:

Bajazly said:

How do you get rid of the condensate in the catsup cups? I stacked them and they looked good but when I put them on the shelf, they all went back to condensation. Tried the cup of hot water on top of a few but it seems to keep coming back.

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I keep "buffer plates" on top, since it's usually just the top 2 or 3 that get condensation due to temp changes



The black plates are just old ones I keep around to use as condensation buffers...
Same method should work with condiment cups... also, it may help to store them in a box or tub to help reduce temperature fluctuations

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Smellyhobbit said:

rumfor69 said:

Smellyhobbit said:

So I’m still learning agar. Few months behind, and things like this mystify me. This looks irregular to me. Is this enmeshed mold? Just tomentose growth that hasn’t figured out who it wants to be yet? Where would you transfer if it were your plate?

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Pressed on glass as it were.

Thanks, Rotn everyone. I’m looking and the difference is the nice hardness of the edges there vs the sorta soft, less defined edges of the 12oclock areas.

The interior of the growth isn’t concerning? I have some plates with good edges but the interior growth has “bald spots” and stuff. I’ll be posting here a bit more tomorrow to clarify. My tank is empty.

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I see how it is, cross me out

Bajazly said:

Rotnpins said:

Bajazly said:

How do you get rid of the condensate in the catsup cups? I stacked them and they looked good but when I put them on the shelf, they all went back to condensation. Tried the cup of hot water on top of a few but it seems to keep coming back.

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I keep "buffer plates" on top, since it's usually just the top 2 or 3 that get condensation due to temp changes




The black plates are just old ones I keep around to use as condensation buffers...
Same method should work with condiment cups... also, it may help to store them in a box or tub to help reduce temperature fluctuations

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I will try that but where I poured is hotter than the room where they are stored. Maybe let them cool in the cooler room next time around. All part of the learning pit.

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Smellyhobbit said:

Check it again.

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Smellyhobbit said:

rumfor69 said:

The interior is in the past fuggit about it

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Aight fair enough. Didn’t even consider that.

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Rotnpins said:

Any time you move them to a room with a different temperature, you can expect condensation to be a possibility.. just let them adjust to the new temperature and they should be fine in a day or 2.. the tops will still be an issue tho, so I'd still recommend buffer plates

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rumfor69 said:

Smellyhobbit said:

rumfor69 said:

The interior is in the past fuggit about it

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Aight fair enough. Didn’t even consider that.

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Enmeshed mold is kinda not so much a thing. I've read some old threads where TCs argued that it doesn't happen even I dunno. But when there's healthy growth on the outside it's outgrown some mold in the center IF it's actually even there.

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Rotnpins said:

Go look at my bio in my profile thing

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rumfor69 said:

Smellyhobbit said:

rumfor69 said:

The interior is in the past fuggit about it

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Aight fair enough. Didn’t even consider that.

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Enmeshed mold is kinda not so much a thing. I've read some old threads where TCs argued that it doesn't happen even I dunno. But when there's healthy growth on the outside it's outgrown some mold in the center IF it's actually even there.

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