May 4, 2009 #1 timwag2001 Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Jan 7, 2009 Messages 980 Location MA can anyone identify this? i did my best taking a picture is it java moss? some kind of weird algae?
May 4, 2009 #2 fort384 Dividing by 0 Site Team Joined Nov 23, 2008 Messages 13,931 Location Illinois It looks like a moss of some type... the strands look too big to be algae, but it is tough to tell without some kind of scale in the photo.
It looks like a moss of some type... the strands look too big to be algae, but it is tough to tell without some kind of scale in the photo.
May 4, 2009 #3 OP OP timwag2001 Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Jan 7, 2009 Messages 980 Location MA what should i scale it with?
May 4, 2009 #4 fort384 Dividing by 0 Site Team Joined Nov 23, 2008 Messages 13,931 Location Illinois a penny would work. How fast is it growing?
May 5, 2009 #5 mgamer20o0 Aquarium Advice Addict Joined Dec 13, 2007 Messages 5,987 Location so cali i would guess java too. List of Aquatic Moss. How to grow Aquatic Moss. Info on Java Moss, Christmas Moss, Taiwan Moss, Peacock Moss, Stringy Moss
i would guess java too. List of Aquatic Moss. How to grow Aquatic Moss. Info on Java Moss, Christmas Moss, Taiwan Moss, Peacock Moss, Stringy Moss
May 5, 2009 #6 OP OP timwag2001 Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Jan 7, 2009 Messages 980 Location MA not very fast at all. its been in a tank with low light and excel. it was wrapped around another plant. i'll take another pic later w a penny
not very fast at all. its been in a tank with low light and excel. it was wrapped around another plant. i'll take another pic later w a penny
May 5, 2009 #7 fort384 Dividing by 0 Site Team Joined Nov 23, 2008 Messages 13,931 Location Illinois oh, ok, I was under the impression that it had grown that much since you put the plants in. It is probably just a few strands of java moss.
oh, ok, I was under the impression that it had grown that much since you put the plants in. It is probably just a few strands of java moss.
May 5, 2009 #8 OP OP timwag2001 Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Jan 7, 2009 Messages 980 Location MA ok. cool. thanks guys