Uggh, algae

[eveliens]

So what kind of algae is bright orange and fluffy?

Please ignore my betta's tail. He insisted on being in front of the camera lens, so I had to shoot around him silly bugger.

 

[Riiz]

I cant tell what, I'm supposed to see.

 

[Orcalinkinpark]

check your nitrates, you may have hard water or a high iron content. Do you have alot of light on the tank?

my suggestion is do a full water change and scrub everything down completely also clean your filters so that it wont re introduce the algae again.

 

[eveliens]

Yeah, I did a huge water change and removed it all. I just found it interesting that it's orange; I think I've had every other color except orange. It's a 6 gallon tank with a single male betta and guppy grass and driftwood. Basic 15w florescent.

 

[FrostyNYC]

Perhaps it's just soaking up the tannins in your water? Your water does look sort of brown/yellow. Maybe its a trick of lighting, if your light is a very warm kelvin rating.

Dead algae can turn an orangy-pink... BBA turns orange/pink after a squirt of Excel or H202. Your algae doesnt look particularly dead though.

 

[eveliens]

The light is warm/yellow and the algae was alive. It has not come back since I removed it. Not much tannins, driftwood's been pretty much soaked, but that is certainly a possibility thanks for the suggestions.