Was there flies in my kombucha jar?

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Hi all,

My 3rd fermentation is not doing well at all. It's on it's 5th day,

and beside some bubbles and brown spot growing on the top, there is NO

scoby in 3 out of the 4 quart jars. In one jar the mother grew a

cluster of small white spots on her. One jar is doing fine with a

scoby on the top, that's the jar that had the smallest mother - thiner

that a paper! Go figure. This is the jar that I put a different

starter in. unfortunately, I did use cheesecloth to cover the glass

brewing jars. Now I know better;-(( I did not see any flies in the

jars at any time. How do I know if my fermentation is safe? Or is it

contaminated? What about the K-tea this mother produced? Is the K-tea

safe? What about the jar with the scoby growing in the 4th jar? Is

this jar safe?

Thanks for ANY advice.

Netali