types of algea...

[thellama]

ive seen some algea in some stores thats like... growing all stringy and waves back and forth off of the rocks or whatever its stuck to..

i was wondering how i could get some of this stuff...

the tanks of mine that are in the sunlight just get ugly algea.... ruins ornaments in the tank and looks brutal..

i like the way the other algea looks tho... kinda looks like hair.... wondering if anyone knows anything about it...

its a dark color... really cool looking tho...

i might stick a cup outside with water in it and a rock or 2 and see what kind of algea grows on it

 

[Teelie]

It's called Hair algae actually, or String algae, and most people find it a pest. Then again the same can be said for snails. I'm not sure how you get it as most people try to focus on how to get rid of it.

 

[thellama]

ha yea..

i was the same way with snails..

on that forum everyone was talkin about how to get rid of them, and i wanted to know which one would breed the easiest and fastest..

i now have about 50 malaysian trumpets in my 10 gallon tank, which i dont mind..

its really hard to feed my convict and kribensis fry, i just thought if i could get a bunch of that stuff on a rock i could put it in the bottom of their tank and they could eat it easily