What Is This? Plant, Algae Or Something Else

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Finaddict1

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• Jan 23, 2014

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Need advise. Don't know what this is growing in my 30gal community tank. Tank is one year old and all has been doing fine. This growth is slow growing and started about six months ago.

Any ideas?

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• Jan 23, 2014

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To be honest that looks suspiciously like BBA, Black Brush Algae.

 

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• Jan 23, 2014

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I think it looks like Black Brush Algae too. Are you going to try to get rid of it? I actually think it looks really cool.

 

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• Jan 23, 2014

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Your tank looks like its starting to become a prequel for a horror aquarium movie but i kinda like the look though lol.

 

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• Jan 24, 2014

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wow that looks so cool

 

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• Jan 24, 2014

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It looks suspiciously like a similar green algae that I have growing in my tanks, it is most likely a type of clado ( there is literally hundreds of types), the reason I am not bothered by it growing  in my tanks is that it is interestingly related to the much sort after and illegal to have in Australia Marimo Moss balls ( Cladophora aegagropila).