What is this growing in My Terrarium

I planted a terrarium with african violets leaves and now it is very over crowded so I started to Tansplant and I found all this in my Terrarium. they are long and course. I use the same potting as normal. I have never seen anything like this, 1 of my leaves were a Beefsteak Begonia leave but whan I pulled that out it had only 4 baby ears so I don't think that came from the begonia and AV's have hardlt any roots does any one else have this? Or do you now what it is Its allmost reminds me of fishing line
Dimmer/ Kim

This is the Terrarium where it came from
Kim

Is that soil still on it? Is it all in the soil??

Okay, go wash you hands...;)

Do you have a microscope? I would be very interested to see what that is (I assume you don't think it's hair). What brand of soil did you use?? Anybody we know?

BTW, Great article on the use of hydrogen peroxide. It was very clear right down to the measurements for a two liter. So nice I learned something cool, AND I didn't have to think!

Hi Dimmer! I can't believe you started this thread last December and only got one response ... and that one was in July!

The stuff in your soil to me looks like possibly coir or coconut fiber: http://www.orquideas.com/growing/potting/coir1.jpg I think some potting mixes have coir or coconut fiber mixed in.

Scroll down this page and you can see a picture of tree fern fiber as well as coconut fiber: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.teasnursery.com/cocofibr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.teasnursery.com/page2.html&h=216&w=267&sz=14&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=B2pattRPdpv-CM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimages%2Bof%2Bcoconut%2Bfiber%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Dimmer, here's another idea for testing what type of material you have. You only need a couple of matches. Let the material dry. Hold one end in the flame of a match or cigarette lighter. Observe how it burns and how it smells:

If it burns and smells like wood or paper burning, you have some type of plant fiber, cotton thread, perhaps.
If it melts and has an acrid smell, you have a synthetic fiber, like fishing line.
If it shrivels up and has a "burnt hair" smell, you have some type of animal fiber like, well, hair or wool.

Once upon a time I worked in the garment industry. We used this test to determine the fiber content of various fabrics. Of course it was completely useless if the fabric happened to be a blend, which was often the case, but it was a good excuse to play with matches and burn stuff. Have fun!

Excellent advice wandygirl