Help Me ID This New Algae

Set up my 40 breeder and it is going well. Did a little over-dosing of fertilizer to help get the plants going.

Some plants were transplanted from my previous tanks, and some are new.

The plant in question is a Dwarf Water Onion. It is growing well, but seems to have this odd algae on it. This particular "stalk" is dirrectly under the light, and is the only one with this algae.

The shrimp in the picture is a golden back yellow shrimp, for size reference.

Thanks!

 

Zer0Fame , any ideas ?

 

Looks like staghorn algae.
Algae in the Planted Aquarium-- Guitarfish

 

I was thinking Staghorn as well, but it looks so small and compact, vs the longer "stags" of the algae.

 

This is where i struggled too. It doesn’t seem long enough to be staghorn. Kinda looks like dead moss …

 

Hey,

might be a Batrachospermum, can you compare these pics with your algae? Especially the first picture in the first link.

Froschlaichalge im Aquarium - Aquascaping Wiki

http://www.biopix-foto.de/zoom.aspx?photoid=100349

https://www.garnelenhaus.de/wiki/froschlaichalge

 

Is it soft like regular algae? Too bad Feohw doesnt hang around here much anymore. I bet he would know. Doesnt look like regular staghorn to me either.

 

Hey,

might be a Batrachospermum, can you compare these pics with your algae? Especially the first picture in the first link.

Froschlaichalge im Aquarium - Aquascaping Wiki

Zoom Batrachospermum gelatinosum Foto 100349

Froschlaichalgen im Aquarium - Batrachospermum sp. | WIKI

The first pic on the first link does look very similar. I get the pop-up asking about cookies, but it's in German or something and can't read it, so I don't know how to get rid of the pip up.

But yes, it does look similar to the first pic in the first link.

I'll check it tonight for feel (at my parents for family dinner now).

Thanks!

 

Hey,

the left button of the orange ones.

Ablehnen = Decline

 

Online translators work well too ish …


In addition to the classic brush algae and beard algae, other representatives belonging to the red algae group sometimes appear in the aquarium, albeit less frequently. This includes, for example, the so-called frog spawning algae, which we would like to present in more detail in this article. You can find more general information on the subject of "algae" here.

Identifying frog spawn algae requires a good eye or magnifying glass as it can easily be confused with other red algae in the freshwater aquarium. This type of algae is usually attached to decorative objects such as stones and roots and is greyish in colour. While brush algae looks very bushy in comparison, beard algae are very easy to confuse with frog spawn algae. Both have a similar shade and elongated strands. However, Batrachospermum sp., the frog spawning algae, is much finer and more branched. In comparison, long strands of beard algae also grow much more curviously.

I think it was more about comparison though , unless I’m wrong here I just did the first two paragraphs and didn’t check it if I’m honest !

 

Hey,

no no, that's exactly what I'm suspecting is the case here.
Batrachospermum is the scientific name of frog spawn algae, I found the latter as a translation, but google didn't give me any good picture results so I thought it might not be well known.

 

Hey,

the left button of the orange ones.

Ablehnen = Decline

It looks more like that than anything else I have seen today. I looked A LOT.....lol