Moss ID help needed

[knightnurse14]

I got this stuff from a guy but didn't get a positive ID on it.
I think the stuff on the right is Java Moss but the hairy stuff has me stumped. It's a big hairy clump. One of my Platy's got caught tight in it and and died. Any ideas what it is would be greatly appreciated.

 

[leeann82]

The stuff on the right is Java Moss. Unfortunately, the stuff on the left looks like hair algae to me. I have yet to be able to get rid of it myself without throwing out the moss it was attached to

Maybe someone else will know how to get rid of it? I'm battling it as well...

 

[knightnurse14]

The stuff on the right is Java Moss. Unfortunately, the stuff on the left looks like hair algae to me. I have yet to be able to get rid of it myself without throwing out the moss it was attached to

Maybe someone else will know how to get rid of it? I'm battling it as well...

It may be hair algae but I don't think so. MIT is a large free floating mass I could toss out easily if wanted. It's pretty and great cover for my Platypus fry I just don't know what it is

 

[knightnurse14]

Danged spell check. I mean Platy fry not platypus .

 

[Fishkeeper26]

I don't think any of the pictures are java moss. I don't think it's thick enough.

It does look like hair algae.

 

[Gillie]

The left is definitely a huge wad of algae and +1 on the java moss

 

[hippy guy]

Dang! I wanted to see a platypus build

 

[friendlyfish42]

amano shrimp eat hair algae as a last resort... maybe get some of them and see if they'll eat it?

 

[JimmyA]

You could try the American Flag fish. BTW, I think some have been selling that green mass and passing it on as java moss.

 

[knightnurse14]

I just ended up junking it. It wouldn't stay in one place and got all over deverything