Ok, I already posted something somewhat like this... Mold is driving me nuts... When the mold starts growing it starts growing hairs and everything... First of all, is this going to hurt the frogs? second, how do I get it to stop? It's a newly set up cage and it grows mostly on pieces of wood. Thank you for all suggestions and help.
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Mold
smith710
Sep 04, 2006 11:41 AM
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daystorm
Sep 04, 2006 05:52 PM
DO you have frogs in there right now? ideally, you should let your tank sit for a couple weeks before putting in frogs (much like an aquarium)
The mold will not hurt anything and it should go away within a month (I had mold too, grapewood. It did go away) Placing springtails in there will speed up the process, as they feed on mold. (and your frogs could feed on them) With the grapewood, you need to check it every now and then to make sure its not getting mushy. If it is, you should probably take it out of the tank. But other than that, mold is a natural thing, won't hurt your frogs and will go away once the wood gets used to the ecosystem.
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slaytonp
Sep 04, 2006 10:01 PM
Mold is just a part of the biological process and won't hurt your frogs. Grape wood isn't at its best in humid tanks; it will deteriorate rather rapidly, but this doesn't make it harmful to your frogs at all. Cypress knee, cork bark and hard woods last longer, but they too, may grow some molds on occasion. Just wipe off the glass when any mold gets on it, and learn to enjoy the other molds that come and go. Eventually, you will have fewer of them, or they will at least be less conspicuous, as various algae and your plants take over.
If you learn to think of them as a normal biological cycling process, even necessary in the wild or in a relatively closed system as our dart tanks tend to be, they may not tend to drive you as crazy. Some of them can be rather pretty.
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