fungus???

[restive drift]

saw this like yellow stuff on the side of my olla pot. is some sort of fungus growing in the tank?

if so: what should i do to remove it and like have this not happen again
if not: what the heck is it??

my first thought was eggs but they're way too small to be gecko eggs (comet also isnt even a year old i dont think) and theyre too big to be isopod eggs

[mystic iron]

They kind of just look like mushrooms to me but Im not sure photos are kinda fuzzy but NQA.

mushrooms are a cute sign though

[restive drift]

i can get better photos when I'm home from school!

mainly wondering if they're dangerous/need to be removed asap

[mystic iron]

most mushrooms arent dangerous and are a good sign of a good ecosystem

[restive drift]

OH cool!

honestly idk why im surprised that mushrooms grew in the dampest part of the tank- but i guess it's more so how they did

[restive drift]

why did they grow so fast, what

yesterday the large one was maybe an inch long(??) but now it's definitely like tripled in size

[restive drift]

hopefully these photos are better?

[gilded folio]

as far as im aware, mushrooms/fungus are a natural part of a tank ecosystem especially if it’s bioactive! i always notice them pop up in the first few months of the tank running its course (rn my cresties tank has many at the bottom :) )

feel free to remove it if its an eyesore or if you don’t want it there! more ventilation can make them less likely to grow but overall not harmful and a totally normal part of having nutrient rich soil.

[restive drift]

i see! thank you :3

[gilded folio]

so in short its a sign your tank has a happy and healthy ecosystem! congrats!

they do like triple in size overnight so i pluck them from my crestie tank just cuz they grow sooooo fast hahahaha

[restive drift]

yeah i was not expecting to come back to take photos of the mushrooms and have them be so much bigger

[gilded folio]

LOL yeah they get huge very fast!

[restive drift]

well its cool that theyre there :3 i was mainly asking here to make sure that they wouldn't be at all dangerous!

[restive drift]

it has been only a few hours and the largest mushroom looks like it's shriveling and dying and the smaller mushrooms are definitely bigger and i will wake up to much larger mushrooms tomorrow

[mystic iron]

Yea their lives are short lived but their kinda cool to see

[frank nexus]

these look like fairy inkcap mushrooms

[restive drift]

huh, yeah looking it up it does look like those

that's cool :3

[frank nexus]

Each mushroom is it’s own growth, there are no shared stems or bases.