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    Had this giant mushroom show up in my hourglass tree frog tank a couple days ago. Ok, maybe not a giant, but about 1.5 inches across. The same species has popped up before. It only lasts for about 3 days.
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    This little guy's the size of a thumbtack. It's grew in the pacific chorus frog tank.
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    Then there is this fern. It grew spontaneously out of the cork slab which is also a drip wall. It has since taken over most of the real estate on the cork surface. If anyone recognizes the species, I would love to know.
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    The mushrooms are very cool!
    What an odd place for that to have popped up.

    Thanks for sharing the photos.
    Your plants looks great !
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    Neat! I love how the fern grew in.
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    Yeah the mushrooms are bizarre. There's no telling where they spring up. There seems to be a running debate on the dart frog forums over whether or not they're a possible health risk to frogs. Some believe they're not worth having around; others go out of their way to purchase mushroom kits. I'm leaving it in there as long as it doesn't proliferate and pop up all over the place.

    I can only guess that the fern came out of spores that were already on the cork, even though I rinsed it repeatedly in scalding hot water before use. The constant moisture of the drip wall must've resurrected the spores.

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    i love when 'shrooms pop up unexpectedly. but try growing them intentionally? it's a nightmare...lol if that is tropical sheet moss i see in there, that is probably where the fern and 'shroom spores came from.

    ah, you must mean dendroboard, where everything except broms, creeping fig, tillandsias and less than 1/4" of water is a health risk to frogs.....LOL
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    0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
    0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
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    Ha! I know what you mean about dendroboard. Even though I've learned a lot over there and the people are really knowledgeable and generally mean well, if you ever talk about mixing pumilios with a chameleon and some hermit crabs, their server will physically implode.

    Now that you mention it, I did try growing thuidium moss on that slab. Most of it didn't take, though. There's some other variety that sprang up in its place. Also got some riccia in the back that's doing well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killerecho View Post
    Ha! I know what you mean about dendroboard. Even though I've learned a lot over there and the people are really knowledgeable and generally mean well, if you ever talk about mixing pumilios with a chameleon and some hermit crabs, their server will physically implode.
    yeah, that's putting it mildly.....LOL but yes, there is a wealth of info there, albeit too conservative sometimes, in my opinion. but i have learned a TON about darts there. but i learned just as much, if not more about tree frogs and horned frogs from this forum. besides, this feels more like "home"
    1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
    0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
    0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
    0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
    0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
    0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
    0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
    0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
    1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
    0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
    0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
    0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
    0.2.0 Canines
    1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
    2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
    0.1.0 Bed Bully

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    Agreed.

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