Mold

[GrifTheGreat]

Well I just bought it from the pet store and it said it was heat treated already

Heat treating only kills the mold that is already present. If new spires come in contact with the wood more will grow. If its white mold then it is very common on driftwood and usually doesn't spread too much, but can grow in an hour or two. You may want to remove the wood place it in some boiling water then soak it in de-chlorinated water before replacing it in the enclosure. I've never treated any of my driftwood with bleach. I just scauld mine.

[Pezsas]

I have had a few mold reach my pieces of wood. I heat treat everything i can, if you put it in the oven for a while and then keep it in a sterile or at least an area with out mold it should cure the problem. If you keep getting the mold it may be coming from somewhere else that you have not treated.

[Bonnie loves Clyde]

Could it be possible that it's coming from my German ivy plant?

[GrifTheGreat]

Could it be possible that it's coming from my German ivy plant?

See when you treat the wood you will have to tear down the enclosure and give it a thorough cleaning so their are no mold spores left behind go reattach themselves to your treated driftwood. You will even want to rinse and wipe down any fake or live plant leaves so all spores are removed. then replace everything as it was before so that nothing in their setup has changed. Replacing everything exactly the same will keep stress low.

[mrzoggs]

Is the mold harmful to frogs? I have recently made a vivarium and once i got it fully set up, i got white mold on some of my leaf litter at the bottom. I heard it will go away and is not harmful to my frogs. I have varaderos though so it might be a different case since you have tree frogs. I dropped some springtails in the bottom of my tank to help with it. It is unsightly but i was under the impression that it wont hurt the frogs.

[GrifTheGreat]

Is the mold harmful to frogs? I have recently made a vivarium and once i got it fully set up, i got white mold on some of my leaf litter at the bottom. I heard it will go away and is not harmful to my frogs. I have varaderos though so it might be a different case since you have tree frogs. I dropped some springtails in the bottom of my tank to help with it. It is unsightly but i was under the impression that it wont hurt the frogs.

The white kind that grows on the driftwood usually doesn't cause much of a problem and I've never had it harm my frogs, but with any fungal and mold growth you want to watch it carefully so it doesn't get out of control. Its a natural process for the wood to grow some mold as it is dead and therefore decaying. I always remove any mold I see due to amphibians being highly susceptible to fungal infections. The white mold grows rapidly showing back up within an hour of being wiped off or rinsed away from the wood, but usually doesn't pose much of a problem.

Always practice safety though and remove it whenever you see fungal or mold growth. Some Vivs have been known to grow mushrooms which is also a natural process and a sign of a fully functional Vivarium. I've had Mushrooms grow in my Viv before and since there are no animals in my Viv I just let them be.

[Pluke]

I had this same problem.. I found a bunch of nice driftwood and decided I'd use some in a pacman tank for some cover.. I boiled it, cooked it in the oven for 20 mins at 200 and then I put it in the tank. Within a couple of days I had white mold.. so I took it and threw it outside. -_- It's relieving to hear that white mold isn't necessarily harmful though.