A kind of hair algae I had never seen before

[vince82]

That thing on the moss, I have bits of it mostly on mosses and Montecarlo, nothing on plants with larger leafs, nor on rocks nor wood.. Grows slowly too.. Behaves similar to java moss in the way it sticks to things (does not stick to surfaces that don't have texture) and it's a lot less flowy than hair algae.
So.. What's that?

 

[vince82]

Reading about it, it might be staghorn. Was not aware they came in green too.

 

[MaloK]

Yep. Staghorn. It's a red algae. You're lucky, it's green. As far as it goes

Nerites snail for small tanks, SAE for big. It's there... Only, management is possible now.

It's the most stubborn of them all. It has, a strong hold, low light tolerance and nutrient resilience.

Perfect for an aquarium.

 

[vince82]

Is SAE dangerous for red cherry shrimp?

 

[MaloK]

Is SAE dangerous for red cherry shrimp?

They will compete for the same food source at some point, as would nerites will.

 

[MaloK]

Yeah, and both will go for the soft stuff first.

 

[vince82]

It's a 75G, I can try some SAE, I'll see if my LFS has some. In the meantime I did a water change, fertilized, added Seachem excel

 

[vince82]

Could it be bladderwort instead?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/s/PYyRRpg67p

 

[MaloK]

Only thing I can tell that, Staghorn does not live long and decomposes in rough particles.

 

[vince82]

Only thing I can tell that, Staghorn does not live long and decomposes in rough particles.

Is that how it spreads? I have a UV filter, I could use it

 

[MaloK]

Unknown... But in good quantities it clog filters and it's the worst part of it.

 

[vince82]

An update on this..

I read that staghorn does not like current...... I can report that current made no difference..

A bit more in video format: