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07/06/2020, 06:05 PM | #1 |
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Small fan like things in glass
Hi everyone, do you know what these are?
They’re in a lot of places of my front glass, is this the begging of an algae bloom? Tried to take a pic but it’s a little hard, I hope you can see but they look like the top of a feather duster only smaller... Thanks! |
07/06/2020, 06:29 PM | #2 |
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No kidding, they may be mini-feather-dusters. I can't make them out however.
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07/06/2020, 07:21 PM | #3 |
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Better pics:
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07/06/2020, 08:15 PM | #4 |
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Those green things look like plants. Every one of them is oriented to the light.
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07/07/2020, 11:03 AM | #5 |
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And what kind of plant could it be? Can't find anything online, don't know if it's good or bad, or if I should scrape it immediately, or try to capture as much as possible to avoid propagation, you know, very newbie here... lol
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07/07/2020, 11:21 AM | #6 |
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Sure looks like some kind of macroalgae to me. May not be able to give a better ID until it grows bigger, but my first guess would be Bryopsis, or a green hair algae of some type.
Whatever it is, start taking control measures immediately before it gets out of control.
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07/07/2020, 12:03 PM | #7 |
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What hhaase said ^.
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07/07/2020, 03:33 PM | #8 |
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And that means removing from the glass, expelling from the system and skimming the s**t out of it?
I'll review parameters tonight but they seemed good last time, with low nitrates and phosphate. Keep you posted... |
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