Help to ID plant

[josephogk]

Saw some greeny spots growing on the rocks. at first I thought it could be bits coming off my miramo balls, yet it also looks like some kind of algae. Any suggestions?

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[thebaldingaquarist]

Green beard algae.

[bennyc]

i concur with Eric, time to get some amano shrimp!

[thebaldingaquarist]

i concur with Eric, time to get some amano shrimp!

Nice leh why kill it?

[bennyc]

All algae is evill.... kill kill kill... hahah

[Urban Aquaria]

Yup, that's the green algae that people prefer to grow as hardscape accent (but usually end up its the black version that grow)... so in a sense you are lucky.

If you decide to let it grow, just pull or trim off any excess if it overgrows, basically maintain it like your other plants.

If you really want to get rid of it, just remove the rocks and soak them in Excel or H202 bath for a while, then scrub them off.

[josephogk]

they look pretty nice in my opinion. actually i have lots of yamato shrimps in the tanl, but they dont seem to touch those algae at all.

[David]

Why get rid of it?.....some aquarist want it but it just does not happen in their tank....

[AQMS]

It is Cladophora algae, beautiful if it grow at the right spot.

[seudzar]

Geez... Wonder why you guys want this kind of algae... I been trying to get rid of it for the past months and still fighting a losing battle. They are taking over my fissiden.. Lol

[wongce]

Geez... Wonder why you guys want this kind of algae... I been trying to get rid of it for the past months and still fighting a losing battle. They are taking over my fissiden.. Lol

In my humble opinion, its because algae is a part of nature; in real jungles, almost all trees has sorts of algae on them..in other words algae is normal and everywhere... even our Longkang also have algae... haha

to create natural feel in aquarium, some of these green bba /Cladophora algae on rocks/driftwood can help to imitate whats is happening in the nature....

well, its just my humble opinion though... some people may prefer a cleaner look in their tank...

[AQMS]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people like it and some people dont.

[bluebubbles]

You can do a selective killing (if they invade your plants) or keeping (if they grow on rocks and wood). I don't mind giving you a clean rock in exchange for that algae rock

[lucasjiang]

Woah im not sure if I have the same thing at home, if I do then I probably have quite a lot. Mine is something like that except that it is far longer and it grows on the tank walls. Not really rounded like in the photo. Otherwise it's almost exactly the same. Is it the same thing?

[bluebubbles]

Woah im not sure if I have the same thing at home, if I do then I probably have quite a lot. Mine is something like that except that it is far longer and it grows on the tank walls. Not really rounded like in the photo. Otherwise it's almost exactly the same. Is it the same thing?

Cannot visualise how it looks like, may be a couple photos would be nice

[lucasjiang]

Here is a picture of it: Pic They start as small little balls but grow into a huge carpet. There is a rather big ball of it on the right.

[bluebubbles]

Here is a picture of it: Pic They start as small little balls but grow into a huge carpet. There is a rather big ball of it on the right.

This is quite common in my tank and very easy to rid without dosing EXCEL. Simply pull them away from the plant, just like how you pluck cotton candy. I also tried to roll them into a ball when it gets too thick.

[lucasjiang]

This is quite common in my tank and very easy to rid without dosing EXCEL. Simply pull them away from the plant, just like how you pluck cotton candy. I also tried to roll them into a ball when it gets too thick.

Haha I will just be leaving them there since they look like grass and my tank is not an aquascaped tank. I guess they will also help to absorb ammonia and nitrates from my fish.