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Re: Name this algae
* From: "Rachel Sandage" <rachelsor at hotmail_com>
>Can anyone id this algae:
>http://communities.msn.com/rsfish/problems.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=39
>This picture shows some scale; the cardinal in the photo is about 1.5" long:
>http://communities.msn.com/rsfish/problems.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=40
>I have another one which has longer strands growing out of it, kind of like
>a hirsute mole. BTW I had just done a water change; the watersprite in the
>photo pearls well, but not quite that well.
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I think I see side branches, and so it is probably Cladophora---one of the
worst! Keep after it or it will cover everything. Remove every bit you
see! starve your SAE's! Get exotic and hideously expensive shrimp!
Paul Krombholz in summer-like central Mississippi, getting some much-needed
rain, today.