Mystery growth mainly on plants...

I've fot a mystery growth in my 45 gallon.

A little over a mont ago we removed a number of silk plants, and
replaced them with Anacharis and "water sprite". Both are weeds, and
have been growing great. They have really added a lot to the tank.

In the last few weeks I have noticed a growth on the Anacharis. It is
a deep blue-green color, and at first I thought they were roots,
however I quickly noticed that they were growing up, not down or out.

Initially one grouping was covered by a fine covering of light hair
like filaments. In the last week these fine hairs have grown and
thickened. Some of them are two inches long, and quite strong.

Over the weekend I noticed a couple of pieces waving in the outflow
from the filter. Four days later, the longest is almost 5 inches
long.

They are not straight, but rather fork like veins or roots. I tried
to take some pics but they are really rather hard to get.

Any ideas???

TIA!


--Tony

"GloFish" wrote in message
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| I've fot a mystery growth in my 45 gallon.
|

Sounds like staghorn. Rough to get rid of.
http://faq.thekrib.com/algae.html#staghorn

billy


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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:11:14 -0700, "Billy"
wrote:

Sounds like staghorn. Rough to get rid of.
http://faq.thekrib.com/algae.html#staghorn


Billy,

Thanks.... read that.. should have to begin with... I know better...

A quick google for staghorn algae showed me this, with a pic

http://www.pricenetwork.ca/archive/topic/18007-1.html

and sure enough.. this is it.... I kinda liked it at first... but it
is starting to get ourt of hand....

We used to have mollies in this tank, but they were fighting with the
angels, so wer removed them... time to get a few more, i guess.....

Anyone else have any suggestions for removing the bulk of the staghorn
that is starting to crowd out the pants?


TIA


--Tony

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:59:21 GMT, GloFish
wrote:

Sounds like staghorn. Rough to get rid of.
http://faq.thekrib.com/algae.html#staghorn


Billy,

Thanks.... read that.. should have to begin with... I know better...

A quick google for staghorn algae showed me this, with a pic

http://www.pricenetwork.ca/archive/topic/18007-1.html


Shameless self-plug:
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/algae_gallery.htm

Also good link fighting staghorn
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com..._peroxide.html

(Unfortunately peroxide doesn't seem to be terribly effective against
Cladophora)

Mike,

Thanks... I had actually found both the links you supplied on
google... your site is great.... loved it all!!!

Thanks


On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:33:12 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:59:21 GMT, GloFish
wrote:

Sounds like staghorn. Rough to get rid of.
http://faq.thekrib.com/algae.html#staghorn


Billy,

Thanks.... read that.. should have to begin with... I know better...

A quick google for staghorn algae showed me this, with a pic

http://www.pricenetwork.ca/archive/topic/18007-1.html


Shameless self-plug:
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/algae_gallery.htm

Also good link fighting staghorn
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com..._peroxide.html

(Unfortunately peroxide doesn't seem to be terribly effective against
Cladophora)



--Tony