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pretty algea

Started by Guest_FirstChAoS_* , Nov 11 2009 02:29 AM

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#1 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 02:29 AM

To catch fish to move them i removed a few objects from my tank, one of them was a fake rock from a two rock set. I returned it later.

oddly enough that rock developed a new and strangely pretty algea on it with a pinkish red color. Hopefull this new algea will stay benign and not try and take over like other kinds do (yeah, like that would happen). Right now the little tufts of it makes the fake rock resemble saltwater liverock.

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#2 Guest_gzeiger_*

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:28 AM

I've never seen a pink algae in fresh water. Are you sure it's not a sponge?

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#3 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 10:16 AM

I'd guess its the "red beard" or "black beard" algae Audouinella. It can look pinkish to blue-greenish to nearly black. It also turns pink when you kill it (chlorophyll destroyed, exposing its red pigment). It is technically a red algae (rhodophyta).

I've never seen a pink algae in fresh water. Are you sure it's not a sponge?

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#4 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:16 PM

I'd guess its the "red beard" or "black beard" algae Audouinella. It can look pinkish to blue-greenish to nearly black. It also turns pink when you kill it (chlorophyll destroyed, exposing its red pigment). It is technically a red algae (rhodophyta).

I have a lot of pink 'something' that is growing on the plain river rocks in my stream tank... looks somewhat like coraline algae... I assumed that it was somewhat normal...

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#5 Guest_threegoldfish_*

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:57 PM

I have a lot of pink 'something' that is growing on the plain river rocks in my stream tank... looks somewhat like coraline algae... I assumed that it was somewhat normal...

I get something similar. It looks like hardspot algae on the glass but it's red. We also get red mildew in the shower so I figured it was just a water thing.