Mamastacia3
Hi all,
I have identified what I think is a type of algae in my 20g tank. It looks like a very small spot of off-white, I thought it was water spots at first. But I’m lucky enough to have a small microscope loupe that if I put up to the glass I can see it as if it were on a slide. Pretty cool!
Unfortunately I’m not able to take a photo that way so I’ll have to do my best to describe it, then can try to take some shots of it from further away.
Under the microscope, it looks like a tiny-tiny little fern, very plant-like, waving gently in the water...except...it also FLINCHES! Which is cool and creepy.
it’s slowly growing, many tiny spots of this on the glass. I wanted to ask y’all first what you think it is before I just wipe it off, because I know with some creatures/critters/plants it can make them multiply if you try to remove them...hello Hydra! This is not hydra, I am all too familiar with those little jerks.
This looks much more plantlike. I’ve read all the stickies and done a lot of searching online and I can’t find anything that looks quite like it, but my guess is some kind of algae.
Any ideas? Can I just scrub it off? I have two nerites and a bunch of little pond snails who are all ignoring it.
Only fish inhabitant is a betta. Lots of plants, well established tank, though I do seem to have lots of little microscopic crittery things on the glass. Maybe we all do but most people aren’t peering at their glass with a wee microscope!
Thanks as always,
-Stacia
I have identified what I think is a type of algae in my 20g tank. It looks like a very small spot of off-white, I thought it was water spots at first. But I’m lucky enough to have a small microscope loupe that if I put up to the glass I can see it as if it were on a slide. Pretty cool!
Unfortunately I’m not able to take a photo that way so I’ll have to do my best to describe it, then can try to take some shots of it from further away.
Under the microscope, it looks like a tiny-tiny little fern, very plant-like, waving gently in the water...except...it also FLINCHES! Which is cool and creepy.
it’s slowly growing, many tiny spots of this on the glass. I wanted to ask y’all first what you think it is before I just wipe it off, because I know with some creatures/critters/plants it can make them multiply if you try to remove them...hello Hydra! This is not hydra, I am all too familiar with those little jerks.
This looks much more plantlike. I’ve read all the stickies and done a lot of searching online and I can’t find anything that looks quite like it, but my guess is some kind of algae.
Any ideas? Can I just scrub it off? I have two nerites and a bunch of little pond snails who are all ignoring it.
Only fish inhabitant is a betta. Lots of plants, well established tank, though I do seem to have lots of little microscopic crittery things on the glass. Maybe we all do but most people aren’t peering at their glass with a wee microscope!
Thanks as always,
-Stacia