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Re: Spirogyra

To: "'Aquatic Plants'" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Subject: Re: Spirogyra
From: Mark Fisher <Mark.Fisher at tpwd_state.tx.us>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:03:48 -0600

> It's green.  It's filamentous, it does not attach to 
> anything, but grows
> in mats.  It floats if you give it enough light and turns 
> yellow if you
> give it too much.  It's common in stock ponds in my area.  It's
> definitely not slimy, actually a rather rough texture, and brittle.  I
> can pull scads of it out of the (lighted) sump in my 55g.
> 
> Ghost shrimp and Krib babies eat it.
> 
> Tell me what it is.

Spirogyra.  You were right the first time.

Regards,

Mark

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