Help!!

[ApxWingman]

So I have completed my setup for my FBTs and I wanted to let the tank run for a couple weeks incase any problems arised. It is a good thing that I did as I am now getting mold starting to grow on a piece of driftwood that I have. I have searched and found different anwsers on how to get rid of it. Keep in mind that however I am cleaning it has to be done in the tank since the piece of wood is siliconed in so removing it to clean/bale is out of the question.

Springtails:
How effective are these? I am concerned about using them as I will have a screen top and I don't want these guys running around my house. How have people been doing with them with a screen top?

I also read that I could use vineagar/lemon to get rid of it. Is this only temporary? How does this affect the toads?

The other thing that I thought may work, was get an old toothbrush and use water and clean/scrub it, and just do spot cleaning as I see it starting to appear.

[berksmike]

Youll get mould on any wood when you put it in the high humidity of a viv - just keep spraying it with water and that will help.
Springtails will help - not all of them are particularly jumpy - I have found folsomia candida much less so than say the tropical species I have (seira sp) and they are great at clearing up mould and are still very productive over quite a wide temperature range.

[ApxWingman]

Where is the best place to buy them? Either online or in a store. Getting water on the particular part is a little bit harder because it is on the underside of the wood. Would scrubbing it with water help in the meantime?

[artes]

I would scrub with vinegar in the meantime. It won't hurt the frogs, and it will kill mold very well.

[ApxWingman]

I scrubbed it with water and it is all clean now. I will try vinegar if/when it comes back. Thanks for the help. Any idea on where to get springtails? I can't seem to find anyone around here that sells them

[artes]

None. I guess internet stores?