Is this marimo algae

[Atxpunx]

Is this my marimo floating strands attaching to plants. The tanks this is in is a five gallon with 26 watt cfl and DIY co2. I dose a small amount of flourish weekly.

 

[tulip55555]

Not sure, but you can Goolge chladophora and check out some pics to see if it looks the same.

 

[Atxpunx]

It is Marimo algae spreading in my tank. The strands and the bubbling look exactly the same to the google images!

 

[tulip55555]

cool!! not sure, but you might be able to gather it up and roll it into a ball

 

[GuppyLover]

I have some of that too, I am going to attempt to shape it. How big is yours? Mine is only about 3/4" to an inch.

 

[D9VIN]

That doesn't look like marimo to me, it looks like regular ol chlado algae. I have never seen marimo get so long. How fast did it grow? Marimo is pretty slow growing...

 

[Atxpunx]

Chlado algae didn't come up anything on google. I think it might be Marimo jus because I have two new forming balls just laying in the background. The strands are about an inch and starting to pop up in certain areas. I feel like I'm done with Marimo balls.

 

[D9VIN]

Cladophora
Marimo

Marimo is one type of chladophora. And it grows extremely slow. Most report it taking about six months to attach to driftwood. That looks like some stuff I had taking over my aquarium a while back. I got rid of it by using a dropper and squirting excel on it every day. I have read it helps to turn your filters off, but I didn't do that. I also got rid of the java moss that was infested. Never had any marimo in my tank.