Might get 3 cobalts, need advice please

[Heatheranne]

I make my culture media with boiled water. I keep a citronella candle on the shelf next to my cultures. By the time the mites get in and start multiplying I've already used some of the clean ff's before that point to start the next culture. When the sides of the culture darken on the 1/3 bottom and tiny white bugs move in it it's time to toss that culture. If you started the next culture 2 weeks prior you'll already have enough to feed from the new culture and enough to start another culture from that newest culture .

[Tonya Freeman]

I make my culture media with boiled water. I keep a citronella candle on the shelf next to my cultures. By the time the mites get in and start multiplying I've already used some of the clean ff's before that point to start the next culture. When the sides of the culture darken on the 1/3 bottom and tiny white bugs move in it it's time to toss that culture. If you started the next culture 2 weeks prior you'll already have enough to feed from the new culture and enough to start another culture from that newest culture .

I've never heard of using a citronella candle. That is interesting! You just leave it next to the cultures unlit?