Is this moss or algae?

[trennamw]

I never thought about bringing home plants from the great outdoors, until this past week I found masses of these at a lake in northern CA.

I suspect the top one isn't moss but algae however. If so is there any reason to put it in a tank? I mean, Marimo balls are algae too right?

And the bottom one? Obviously not algae, but worth trying to grow?

Both are from a lake that's man made for hydro power, the water level is dropping several inches a day this time of year.






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[Fresh2o]

The first pic looks like a mat of string or hair algae.
The second looks like hydrilla.
I'd say no for the first and maybe on the second. After a peroxide dip to remove the hitch hikers.


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[Brian_Nano12g]

First pic looks like spirogyra algae. Very nasty stuff and hard to eradicate if you introduce that to your tank. With that being in the lake, I'd be apprehensive about introducing any plants from there to a tank I cared about. You can try the dip on the plant in the second pic as Fresh2O suggested, but I'd start it out in a quarantine tank to see if there's no sign of spiro after a while.

 

[trennamw]

Thanks! I'll skip both!


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