my viv has mushrooms

Kermit · 07-16-2009, 02:07 PM

I was wondering if the pros could lend some thougt I mist my viv twice a day I woke up this morning with mushrooms growing on drift wood dose this pose a problem for the frogs I can upload some pics after o get off work there long soft gray mushrooms.

Philsuma · 07-16-2009, 02:08 PM

Not a problem at all.... the springtails will thank you.

Kermit · 07-16-2009, 03:47 PM

Sorry for the stupid questions why would the springtails like the mushrooms they eat it

Philsuma · 07-16-2009, 05:03 PM

no such thing as a stupid question.....

Yep...springtails eat mushrooms or more accurately the slurry produced by the decomoposition of the shroom.....they love it....not so much the raw, live mushroom,but definately the decomposing kind.

and ALL frogs love to eat springtails.

Zippy · 08-17-2009, 01:01 PM

Post some pics!!! I'd love to see them in a viv/terrarium setting.....

atlfrog · 08-20-2009, 10:56 PM

I usually have these really cool orange mushrooms that pop up every now and then. They are really pretty, but they die off usually within a few weeks after I have seen them.

406frogger · 09-06-2009, 09:47 PM

mushrooms are harmless to the frogs, and provide some additional food for the springtails, they are an indicator for letting you know that your tank is beginning to become established. I usually have some in each of vivs at one point in time or another

Knoxter · 09-06-2009, 10:55 PM

Ok, I have a question....what does it mean when they go away?

atlfrog · 09-08-2009, 04:54 PM

Nothing. Fungi don't last very long inside of a frog habitat.

PaulRust · 11-18-2009, 04:09 PM

I have them as well. They take about 3 days to mature and die and then a week later a new crop starts. When they get too numerous I just take tweezers and pull them out before the caps open.

07-16-2009, 02:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kermit Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Riverside California Posts: 43	my viv has mushrooms I was wondering if the pros could lend some thougt I mist my viv twice a day I woke up this morning with mushrooms growing on drift wood dose this pose a problem for the frogs I can upload some pics after o get off work there long soft gray mushrooms.

07-16-2009, 02:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Philsuma Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Harrisburg PA...AND...Ft Lauderdale Florida Posts: 115	Not a problem at all.... the springtails will thank you. __________________ Heading down to CR / Panama the end of Nov. PM me if you are interested in going along.

07-16-2009, 05:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Philsuma Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Harrisburg PA...AND...Ft Lauderdale Florida Posts: 115	no such thing as a stupid question..... Yep...springtails eat mushrooms or more accurately the slurry produced by the decomoposition of the shroom.....they love it....not so much the raw, live mushroom,but definately the decomposing kind. and ALL frogs love to eat springtails. __________________ Heading down to CR / Panama the end of Nov. PM me if you are interested in going along.

08-20-2009, 10:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
atlfrog Site Sponsor Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ATL, GA, USA Posts: 396 Real Name: Matthew "Merek" Preferred.	I usually have these really cool orange mushrooms that pop up every now and then. They are really pretty, but they die off usually within a few weeks after I have seen them. __________________ Merek Matthew Cardew :: ATLFROG.com HTTP://www.blogtalkradio.com/reptilian-fish

09-06-2009, 10:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Knoxter Administrator/SiteOwner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Posts: 430 Real Name: Marc Knox	Ok, I have a question....what does it mean when they go away? __________________ Marc My frogs- Vanzolini, El Dorado (ong&gold), Cayo de Agua, Almerante, Gold Dust, Yuris, Imis, Inters, Taras, O Lamasi, Iquitos Vents, Varis, SI. I appreciate everyone here. Without you, there would be no DFF. Thank you for your support.

07-16-2009, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kermit Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Riverside California Posts: 43	Sorry for the stupid questions why would the springtails like the mushrooms they eat it

08-17-2009, 01:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zippy Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Somewhere between a waterchange and a planted tank.... Posts: 5 Real Name: Elvis Aaron Presley (I'm not dead yet)	Post some pics!!! I'd love to see them in a viv/terrarium setting.....

09-06-2009, 09:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
406frogger Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Billings, Mt Posts: 16 Real Name: Bryce Meyer	mushrooms are harmless to the frogs, and provide some additional food for the springtails, they are an indicator for letting you know that your tank is beginning to become established. I usually have some in each of vivs at one point in time or another

09-08-2009, 04:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
atlfrog Site Sponsor Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ATL, GA, USA Posts: 396 Real Name: Matthew "Merek" Preferred.	Nothing. Fungi don't last very long inside of a frog habitat. __________________ Merek Matthew Cardew :: ATLFROG.com HTTP://www.blogtalkradio.com/reptilian-fish

11-18-2009, 04:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
PaulRust Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pacific N.W. Posts: 7	Mushrooms I have them as well. They take about 3 days to mature and die and then a week later a new crop starts. When they get too numerous I just take tweezers and pull them out before the caps open. __________________ TWI Steward Support fruit flies, they're the only culture some people have!

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