Nasty black hair algae/fungus

Reefmo · 03-13-2007, 06:21 PM

Hey all,

I have a 46g freshwater planted tank. Everything is going great, except I just started getting this nasty grey/black hair like algae. It is really wiry like it would be a fungus or something, but I am not sure what it is. Tank parameters are normal, nothing much has changed.

What could it be??

(ill post pix when I get home late tonight)

Reefmo.

icebear · 03-13-2007, 10:22 PM

it could be a bacterial slime... FW hair algae looks almost identical to SW hair algae.... at least mine does lol

Reefmo · 03-14-2007, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icebear

it could be a bacterial slime... FW hair algae looks almost identical to SW hair algae.... at least mine does lol

But there is nothing slimy about it... it is almost wiry... pic in the AM...

Reefmo · 03-15-2007, 09:39 AM

Ok... here are pix of the nasty stuff!

If I let it grow, it turns into this big ole "brillo pad" looking bunch. What is it and how do I kill it??? Nerite snails don't eat it, neither does amano, tiger, or rudolph the red nosed shrimp, nor do any of your standard algae eating fish.

Full tank shot:

Reefmo.

icebear · 03-15-2007, 09:46 PM

boy, that is some weird looking stuff....

i have no idea what it is...

is it really attached tight to the leaves or does it slip off?

Reefmo · 03-16-2007, 10:29 AM

Super tight. I hack the leaves when it gets bad.