Spores?

[alym]

So I was looking at my tank today to see these little spores attached to my glass; they kind of look like these things:

But smaller. Does anyone know what they are? Is this the precursor of algae? If so I will wipe the glass immediately.

I have a planted tank w/ java moss, java fern, hornwort, sunset hygrophila.

 

[Arakkis]

Hydra?

 

[Fishy_Fun]

dandelions?

 

[alym]

I'm really not sure what the stuff is - it kind of looks like hydra, but they're just tiny and stuck on the glass. It's a fairly new tank too...(4 weeks).

 

[Bk718]

yee im thinking hydra also

 

[jmhart]

Without seeing it myself, can't say for sure, but I'm 99% sure it's Hydra.

 

[alym]

So from what I've googled, Hydra can get really bad but can be fixed in a number of ways ranging from cranking the temperature (after removing fish), treating w/ copper, various chemicals, ammonium nitrate, etc.

I also see that introducing some mystery snails or a gourami will deal w/ it. That being said, I have a tank with just a few small livebearers so a gourami may not work.

Thoughts?

 

[Arakkis]

take live bearers out into bucket brain tank, fill with tap w/o dechlor wait 24 hours and add dechlor (Amquel) and put fish back in?

 

[alym]

Wouldn't that totally kill the cycled tank?

 

[livingword26]

Wouldn't that totally kill the cycled tank?

Yes