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OfflineXris
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Mold Inhibitors or Vinegar
    #5362910 - 03/03/06 08:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I have some poison dart frogs, and for them, I culture fruit flies. Well, fruit flies have to eat, so to culture them you're going to need some growth medium. This stuff is usually made of instant potato flakes, sugars, and other food items, things that would, especially if wet, mold over VERY quickly. The fruit flie larvae live inside and consum the medium which is very moist.

To fight mold, I use vinegar or a commercial mold inhibitor when I mix a batch of growth medium up. Neither of these completely stops mold, however, the growth media remains mold free for a period of a few weeks on average. I take no precautions whatsoever to prepare the media in a sterile environment.

Do you think using a mold inhibitor would stop the growth of mycelium? The vinegar, I'm thinking, would definitely have an affect on the growth as it would alter the PH tremendously.


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Re: Mold Inhibitors or Vinegar [Re: Xris]
    #5366029 - 03/04/06 10:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

well i wouldn't try the vinegar, i think it stops the mold growth by changing the ph... you can try measuring the ph of some of growth medium w/ and w/o the mold inhibitor, or just add some to a pf cake batch and see what happens


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