What kind of algae is this?

[yhbae]

On my plastic plants, I see very thin hair-like green substances that appears to be growing (they are about few millimeters long)... Is this what they call hair algae? I do have 2 ottos in my tank and they don't seem to be interested in these algaes... Should I also look for SAE?

Appreciate any feedback!

 

[MyRequiem]

Bump. I want to know what that stuff is also.

 

[yhbae]

Grrrrr, they are now little longer and denser. Ottos absolutely don't eat them. My LFS sells tank full of fishes called "algae eater" (how generic can you get? ), so I read up on how to identify a real SAE, and they turned out to be false SAE...

Do cherry barbs eat these by any chance? I don't want to have anything to do with rosy barbs, don't like 'em...

 

[CichlidBoy]

hair algae

its hair algae i get all the time in the tanks a the store i work at

 

[yhbae]

Re: hair algae

Originally posted by CichlidBoy
its hair algae i get all the time in the tanks a the store i work at

How do you get rid of them?

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

Algae

 

[yhbae]

Originally posted by NJ Devils Fan
Algae

But which algae do I have? According to this link, its not brown algae, not blue-green algae, not green algae, and not red/brush algae (I assume since my tank does not have high carbon hardness)...

Thanks again!

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

It's green. If you read the green algae part, it's the second paragraph. You can easily pull off the algae. Also, read the tips on how to prevent algae.

 

[yhbae]

Aha I missed the sentence below the picture - thanks for pointing that out...

Just to confirm, here's what this algae looks like (yuck, I really don't like the hairyness of it! )

The article recomends Rosy Barb, but other than SAE, are there any other fishes that eat this algae?

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

Well, you could take it off yourself and then see what could be causing it, like an excess of nutrients or too much lighting.