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I woke up today to a mushroom in my vivarium. Should I worry at all or just discard it???? Thanks for all advice

cresty

Keep it!! Odd mushrooms often crop up in humid vivariums and are a sign of a healthy environment. They aren't going to harm your dart frogs and are often very pretty, if fleeting in nature.

Here is one that cropped up on the cork bark in a 5 year old auratus tank. I'm hoping it will one day reappear.

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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
6 P. terribilis mint and organe
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

Thanks!!!!! Mine does look odd kinda like an umbrella that had the ends torn off. It keeps growing, lets see how big it gets. Thanks once again!!!

cresty

thats an awsome mushroom!!!!!!!!!!! i have a "colony" in my grandis's tank, don't know why, its not nearly as humid as the dart tanks and they don't have mushrooms.