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Hello,
My terrarium has been set up for about a month. Today I noticed some hairy white stuff growing on the glass. At first I thought it might be a spiderweb, but I think it might be a really light, feathery, string kind of mold. Should I be worried? It also appears to be growing on a few spots of the substrate under plants. I used coconut fiber to plant stuff in. Thanks for any help you may have!

~R

I have the same problem in a new tank i setup. The problem is not enough ventilation. I hate to put holes in my tank because i hate to have anymore ff run around the house. There might be other ways to get rid of it and if someone knows i would love to hear it. Also i dont know if it is harmful or not.

I have the same problem in a new tank i setup. The problem is not enough ventilation. I hate to put holes in my tank because i hate to have anymore ff run around the house. There might be other ways to get rid of it and if someone knows i would love to hear it. Also i dont know if it is harmful or not.

Well in a high humidity tank mold is to be expected. From what i have learned so far the mold isnt harmful. I have mold in my tank right now. From my experiance if you turn the fans on long enough to remove the mold the humidity will fall to far.

aj
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AJ is right. The mold is actually an indication your humidity isn't getting too low for darts. Crickets might be a different matter and it might indicate too high humidity for them, but I don't know this. The mold itself isn't harmful though.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

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I don't have any dart frogs yet but I had the same stuff appear in my cricket hatchling container and that kind of mold grows under logs around my house. The first time I saw it it was just after the eggs had hatched and I tried to remove the mold unfortunately it is impossible to keep track of 600 crckets a little smaller than grain of rice and much of that colony now inhabits my basement and it turns out the mold does not hurt them I doubt it will hurt frogs but someone else will tell you for sur

This is a normal part of the cycle a new tank goes through. Just wipe it off the glass. It won't hurt anything. Different mold spores are everywhere and you'll often find various surprises growing in your terrarium. My favorite are the different kinds of "spontaneous" mushrooms that crop up now and then. For awhile I had some really cool "bird's nest" fungi that look like little nests with eggs (sporangiophores) sitting in them.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos