Caution!!!
White threads in the terrarium!!!
Have you ever observed this?
You set up your tropical terrarium, bring in substrate and lots of different leaf litter, roots, stones, plants, as it should be for a bioactive terrarium!
But then, after only a few days there are so strange white threads to the appearance, partly spider web-like. What is going on there?
Here I explain you briefly what it has to do with it, it is namely fungi!!
Fungi can claim to be among the most important organisms in the world. They play a crucial role in ecosystem functions and even in human activities.
They play an important role in the daily life of people, in addition to their use in industry, agriculture, medicine, textiles, food industry, bioreactors, natural cycles and of course the decomposition of dead organic matter in soils.
In terrariums , for example, they slowly but steadily decompose leaf litter because they are able
to break down the lignocellulosic matrix that other organisms cannot digest, converting previously indigestible food into digestible food.
Fungi are one of, if not the most important functional component of tropical forest ecosystems.
They are present everywhere, but due to their "invisibility" they are less noticed than animals and plants.
So, you don't have to be afraid of these "white threads" in the terrarium, they only do good!
Why Seagrape is the Perfect Addition to Any Aquatic or Reptile Habitat!
Sea grape leaves, fresh, rich in minerals, from one of the cleanest collection areas, directly from the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.
The leaves of the sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) belong to very persistent and durable leaves, which can be used in terrariums and aquariums.
Due to the fact that they are relatively thick, circular and usually large leaves, the sea grape leaf gives a unique touch to any aquarium or terrarium.
Especially in large containers, laid out as a carpet of leaves, beautiful aquascaping effects can be designed.
Of course, this also applies to terrariums and paludariums.
It goes without saying that leaf litter helps to provide shelter, hiding places, grazing areas, territorial boundaries and food for a wide variety of vivarium inhabitants.
In natural habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial, the foliage cover is often many inches thick.
It is therefore incomprehensible why only a few leaves are always placed in the terrarium instead of adding a really thick layer.
In the aquarium this does not work in most cases, of course, because the escaping humic acids would change the water chemistry too much and there is also a strong oxygen depletion due to the decomposition processes within the foliage, but in terrariums the effect is extremely positive.
And don't forget, natural leaf litter is the most important source of biofilm in aquariums, the best booster for the development of healthy microfauna and flora.
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𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬?
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𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢, the doted 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥 can cover an average distance of about 16m in only 5 weeks.
The 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of the racing snails is most likely related to the maintenance of 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
It was found that upstream more suitable grazing sites were available for the snails - probably due to 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.
The snails lay its numerous egg cocoons on hard substrate. After some time, the “𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬”, which is the name of the larval form of gastropods, hatch from the very hard eggs.
Hatching usually takes place at night and within a few hours or days the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚. Once they have developed into small snails, they make the arduous ascent into freshwater, which can take many weeks to months.
𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 usually colonizes zones with 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. There they tirelessly graze on the growth of the predominantly hard substrate.
Often the snails can be found in the adult stage with shell damage, this is mostly due to calcium deficiency, as the stream water is poor in minerals. Conductance values (TDS) of 40-120 are not un
Tropical stream - biotop of dart poison frogs like (Mannophryne herminae), rare toads (Atelopus cruziger), guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata), limpet snails (Neritina puncticulata) and much more - a paradise!
In the creek you can see fallen leaves like mango, bamboo, mijao (cashew), catappa, palm trees, etc.
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