June 3rd 15, 09:48 PM
On Saturday, March 11, 2000 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, Marc Goldstein wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I've seen a new type of algae in the tank. It includes a pinhead-sized
> starting point with roughly 3 millimeter long algal hairs that form what
> looks like some sort of puffball. Like an algae pom-pom. The whole thing
> is just over half a centimeter in diameter. These grow mostly on the
> hanging roots of plants. I've been manually removing them.
>
> Water conditions include CO2, pH 6.8, <.05 ppm phosphate, 5-10 ppm
> nitrate, KH=2, GH=5. The tank is generally doing fine with not too much
> of any one kind of algae.
>
> There are only a few of these in the tank, and neither SAEs, Otos, shrimp
> eat any of this kind of algae. I've never seen this kind before, so I'm
> curious about it.
>
> Any ideas what it is?
>
> Marc
Did you ever resolve this? I have similar sounding things in my pond.
Francis (Portugal)
> Hi -
>
> I've seen a new type of algae in the tank. It includes a pinhead-sized
> starting point with roughly 3 millimeter long algal hairs that form what
> looks like some sort of puffball. Like an algae pom-pom. The whole thing
> is just over half a centimeter in diameter. These grow mostly on the
> hanging roots of plants. I've been manually removing them.
>
> Water conditions include CO2, pH 6.8, <.05 ppm phosphate, 5-10 ppm
> nitrate, KH=2, GH=5. The tank is generally doing fine with not too much
> of any one kind of algae.
>
> There are only a few of these in the tank, and neither SAEs, Otos, shrimp
> eat any of this kind of algae. I've never seen this kind before, so I'm
> curious about it.
>
> Any ideas what it is?
>
> Marc
Did you ever resolve this? I have similar sounding things in my pond.
Francis (Portugal)