Re: [APD] bizarre white "algae"

[Chrys <celticchrys at gmail_com>]

I have no idea what it is called, but I had it once.  Water changes
didn't kill it for me, and I had a hard time scraping it off the
glass, so I drained the tank very low, and scrubbed the spots of algae
with hydrogen peroxide, which brought it right off.  It never came
back.
-Chrys


On Wed,  2 Feb 2005 20:09:11 -0500 (EST), Richard J. Sexton
<richard at aquaria_net> wrote:
> http://images.aquaria.net/plants/algae/unknown/
> 
> This tanks turned into a veritable freshwater reef tank over xmas. I lost
> count of the forms of non-fish like in this fishless tank.
> 
> This stuff appeared over the course of 2 or 3 days. A 50% waterchange
> killed it, it just flaked off and sat on the bottom then dissolved.
> 
> Anyone have any idea what it might be? It reminds me of blood vessels
> in the brain - white brain algae might be a good name for it if it
> even is an algae.
> 
> The color in the photo is about right. It looks white on first
> glance then you can almost make out a light tinge of a yellowy
> green.
> 
> Never seeen it before or since.
> 
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