redhair algae

[John N. Gretchen III]

Is this redhair algae? Is it something I need to control and how?
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/REDHAIR.MPG
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John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
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[Marc Levenson]

That is hard to tell... it could be some green hair algae that is dying off, or
some cyano bacteria that is blowing in the current. Do you have any more of it,
where you can take a picture of it? Maybe rip of a piece of it and put it on a
white paper towel, then take a picture.

Marc


"John N. Gretchen III" wrote:

> Is this redhair algae? Is it something I need to control and how?
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/REDHAIR.MPG
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> John N. Gretchen III
> Port O'Connor TX
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

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[John N. Gretchen III]

It recedes in the evening and is only a red spot on the rock but, in the
day time it is fine hair like the longest pieces about 1" blowing in the
current.

Marc Levenson wrote:

> That is hard to tell... it could be some green hair algae that is dying off, or
> some cyano bacteria that is blowing in the current. Do you have any more of it,
> where you can take a picture of it? Maybe rip of a piece of it and put it on a
> white paper towel, then take a picture.
>
> Marc
>
>

John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[JD]

i'm gettin the exact same algae growth.

I believe it's cyano algae it develops into a light film when i turn off my
circulation to feed the fish. My tank has been setup for about a year and a
half now and i have just started seeing this for a few weeks. I have done a
water change once a week right now and it seems like there's less, but I'm
not quite too sure. I could use the same help with this problem

Jay

"John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
...
> It recedes in the evening and is only a red spot on the rock but, in the
> day time it is fine hair like the longest pieces about 1" blowing in the
> current.
>
> Marc Levenson wrote:
>
> > That is hard to tell... it could be some green hair algae that is dying
off, or
> > some cyano bacteria that is blowing in the current. Do you have any
more of it,
> > where you can take a picture of it? Maybe rip of a piece of it and put
it on a
> > white paper towel, then take a picture.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
>
> John N. Gretchen III
> Port O'Connor TX
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3
>

[John N. Gretchen III]

Here are two pictures of it on a paper towel, scale of image about 2"x2"
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/DSCN0317.JPG
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/DSCN0312.JPG

JD wrote:

> i'm gettin the exact same algae growth.
>
> I believe it's cyano algae it develops into a light film when i turn off my
> circulation to feed the fish. My tank has been setup for about a year and a
> half now and i have just started seeing this for a few weeks. I have done a
> water change once a week right now and it seems like there's less, but I'm
> not quite too sure. I could use the same help with this problem
>
> Jay
>

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Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[Marc Levenson]

Hmm.. I still can't say. In the water, does it perhaps resemble pink cotton
candy?

Marc


"John N. Gretchen III" wrote:

> Here are two pictures of it on a paper towel, scale of image about 2"x2"
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/DSCN0317.JPG
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/DSCN0312.JPG
>
> JD wrote:
>
> > i'm gettin the exact same algae growth.
> >
> > I believe it's cyano algae it develops into a light film when i turn off my
> > circulation to feed the fish. My tank has been setup for about a year and a
> > half now and i have just started seeing this for a few weeks. I have done a
> > water change once a week right now and it seems like there's less, but I'm
> > not quite too sure. I could use the same help with this problem
> >
> > Jay
> >
>
> --
> John N. Gretchen III
> Port O'Connor TX
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

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[Shane Kennedy]

Marc Levenson > wrote in message >...
> Hmm.. I still can't say. In the water, does it perhaps resemble pink cotton
> candy?
>
> Marc

i believe cyano is more burgendy than pink

[John N. Gretchen III]

This stuff is dark red or burgundy and very fine baby hair like. Is it
something I should try to get rid of?

Shane Kennedy wrote:
> Marc Levenson > wrote in message >...
>
>>Hmm.. I still can't say. In the water, does it perhaps resemble pink cotton
>>candy?
>>
>>Marc
>
>
> i believe cyano is more burgendy than pink

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[Mort]

That looks just like some stuff that I had on some LR that I bought from the
LFS.

My Emerald and Hermit crabs took care of it.

hth

~Mort

[John N. Gretchen III]

My hermits don't seem too interested in it, maybe they just aren't
hungry enough yet.

Mort wrote:

> That looks just like some stuff that I had on some LR that I bought from the
> LFS.
>
> My Emerald and Hermit crabs took care of it.
>
> hth
>
> ~Mort
>
>
>
>

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[Mort]

I think it was my Emeralds that did most of the work. Do you have any?

~Mort

"John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
...
> My hermits don't seem too interested in it, maybe they just aren't
> hungry enough yet.
>
> Mort wrote:
>
> > That looks just like some stuff that I had on some LR that I bought from
the
> > LFS.
> >
> > My Emerald and Hermit crabs took care of it.
> >
> > hth
> >
> > ~Mort
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> John N. Gretchen III
> Port O'Connor TX
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3
>

[John N. Gretchen III]

Yes but, I moved it to the sump because it was eating my coralline
algae.....

Mort wrote:

> I think it was my Emeralds that did most of the work. Do you have any?
>
> ~Mort
>
> "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
> ...
>

John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[Mort]

"John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
...
> Yes but, I moved it to the sump because it was eating my coralline
> algae.....


?!?!?

Are you sure about that? I've never heard about this before. If that's
true then, no FREAKIN wonder I'm not having much luck getting my coralline
to spread. I have four emeralds in a 75g. Hmmmm.......

~Mort

[John N. Gretchen III]

I observed it eating dark red coralline and removed him the same day. I
also have received reports from others with similar experiences.

Mort wrote:
> ?!?!?
>
> Are you sure about that? I've never heard about this before. If that's
> true then, no FREAKIN wonder I'm not having much luck getting my coralline
> to spread. I have four emeralds in a 75g. Hmmmm.......
>
> ~Mort

John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[Marc Levenson]

Yes, they can, but don't worry... they don't eat it all. Given time, they'll
never be able to keep up with the coralline growth.

Marc


Mort wrote:

> "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes but, I moved it to the sump because it was eating my coralline
> > algae.....
>
> ?!?!?
>
> Are you sure about that? I've never heard about this before. If that's
> true then, no FREAKIN wonder I'm not having much luck getting my coralline
> to spread. I have four emeralds in a 75g. Hmmmm.......
>
> ~Mort

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[Rod]

>i believe cyano is more burgendy than pink
>

Cyanobacteria can be many different colors.. black, red, burgundy, purple,
green ,pink...
Rod Buehler
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