redhair algae

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

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

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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

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
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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

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

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


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

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