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    Tiny thread like netting on surface of ricca

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    hi,

    have anyone encounter having a light green tiny thread like netting on top of the ricca... ?? everytime I remove them, they reappear back in a few days..

    Initially I thought they were part of the ricca to keep the ricca together but if I leave them alone, they will grow into a thick netting...

    Anyone have any idea what it is ?? ( some sort of algae maybe ) and how to get rid of them ???

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    On 7/22/2002 10:50:52 PM

    hi,


    have anyone encounter having a light green tiny thread like netting on top of the ricca... ?? everytime I remove them, they reappear back in a few days..


    Initially I thought they were part of the ricca to keep the ricca together but if I leave them alone, they will grow into a thick netting...


    Anyone have any idea what it is ?? ( some sort of algae maybe ) and how to get rid of them ???



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    hey... i got the same problem some time back on my floating riccia.... me too thought it from riccia till I bought yamato shrimp... and the just clean the thread like alien stuff.....

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    I think they could be the Utricularia species (Bladderwort). Quite sickening to remove. I would throw away the infected Riccia and re-do again.
    Maybe also employ Yamato shrimps to help remove them.
    koah fong
    Juggler's tanks

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    hi all,

    thanks for the replies... too drastic to replant all the ricca...

    maybe I will throw in some yamato and see if it helps...

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    if it IS bladderwort
    cardina japonica dun do jack against it
    you will need to rip them out, and make sure you get every last bit, because they multiply like crazy even with one tiny strand left behind

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    Hi! Stanley!!!
    Can pass the bladderwort to me?

    I pm you my contact no...[]
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