Moldy Beads?

[Tegu]

Anybody ever have a problem with moldy beads? I pulled out a small glass candle holder full of beads I have in the back of my cabinet near the hydra and noticed they had black areas on them. They were wet, but not soaking there were some white beads. I guess I will toss them, but I have never had this happen before...

I thgought the heartfelt beads were antimicrobial, but I cant remember where I read that.

 

[Donk]

It's not that your beads are moldy, they probably absorbed something in your humi, I have had that happen to mine. are you using distilled water?

 

[terrantheman]

I think you can clean them and re-use them?

 

[Tegu]

It's not that your beads are moldy, they probably absorbed something in your humi, I have had that happen to mine. are you using distilled water?

Yep, just distilled water, I cant imagine they are absorbing anything, it is just one container also, I have 6 or 8 glass candle holders with beads throughout the cabinet, although it is not fuzzy mold, it is black patches. I guess I should have taken some pictures...

I just had always thought they were antimicrobrial, and should not get moldy.

 

[Tegu]

I think you can clean them and re-use them?

I wonder how...maybe I could boil them in distilled water. I would want to kill any mold spores before putting them back in the humidor.

 

[Moro]

Never happened to me, though I recall hearing about a moldy puck which was useless from there on. I hope that doesn't happen to ye, mate.

EDIT: Found this: http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=13725&highlight=moldy+puck

 

[Tegu]

Never happened to me, though I recall hearing about a moldy puck which was useless from there on. I hope that doesn't happen to ye, mate.

EDIT: Found this: http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=13725&highlight=moldy+puck

Thanks.

 

[little_howard]

hmmm, never heard of THAT, oh though once i found a "un-finished" cigar of my dad's all moldy, nasty, threw it out right away, good for the dirt/plants.

 

[N2Advnture]

Standing water in any humidifier can propagate mold.

Make sure you only hydrate them so approx 70% of the RH Beads are wet and 30% are dry.

I hope this helps

~Mark

 

[Volusianator]

Were the black beads more toward the bottom of the candle holder? Just thinking that the beads work best when arranged so they have the most possible surface area exposed. That being said, the best arrangement would be if they were in a shallow flat container rather than a tall cylindrical type container. Just thinking out loud here.