Mrs.Campos3
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We're having problems with Soil fungus. I'll get a picture up when I can but I'll describe it for now. They look like very very tiny mushrooms, like smaller then a grain of rice tiny. They start white then turn red. When they are red if pulled and brushed against They give of a very fine powder. When I picked them up in my hand it made my hand red. We have a closed chamber set up to keep humidity high we use a mix of repti soil, forrest floor, and coco coir as substrate. Not sure how to keep this fungus from growing. We're thinking maybe making the substrate bioactive with spring tails so they can be the "house keeping" lol. Any idea what it is we're dealing with and how to get rid of it? BTW the tortoise is perfectly healthy. We take out the fungus as soon as we see it. I'm hoping it's not dangerous for him. That's the main reason I want to get this issue resolved. Thanks in advance.