Caryl Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 I have a plant in my tank which I did not put there. It looks like it is coming off the cabomba but that may be just where the water current is leading it. It is long fine green strands with little brown nodules along it. It breaks off and gets stuck on the other plants or forms a clump together at the surface. Can anyone tell me what it could be? The only thing I could find in the plant survey book was Nitella flexilis (stonewort). Could it have come in on another plant? I fear it is going to take over and all my plants are growing so well at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cees Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Hi Caryl, Do you have a photo of it? Perhaps email me the jpg and I'll post it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cees Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Here are the images Caryl send me. Not to clear but perhaps helpful for identification. If you need better pictures please email Caryl. She's really good at sending large files [ This Message was edited by: on 2001-09-08 03:18 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Hi Caryl, I have this appearing in my tanks too. It seems to like to grow at the surface. It may be some form of algae??!! It does not grow all that fast and is easily controlled by removing the small amount that grows every week. I would still like to know what it is however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 10, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Doesn't grow fast???? I can pull out a handful per day! Luckily it is easy to pull out. Nice to know someone else has it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 Hi Caryl Looks to me from the photos and Caryl's brief description that it is bladderwort, a Utricularia species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cees Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plant ... adder.html (for example)just search on http://www.google.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 20, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2001 I thought of bladderwort too but the photos and description don't seem to match my plant. All of them talk about fine bits off a main stem but this plant does not have any main stems for anything to branch off. The little brown bits look more like seeds than bladders capable of catching small prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 27, 2001 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2001 I just had a visit from Warren who confirmed it is the same stuff he has in his tank but we still don't know what it is and I still don't think it is bladderwort. By continually hauling it out by hand it is being kept under control and now I only have a few strands to pick out here and there. Warren says his always floats on the surface but mine wraps itself around the plants - especially the fine leafed ones. If you pull it too hard, it tightens around the plant and snaps it in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Did you figure out what it was Caryl? I know its a old thread :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I don't think so and can no longer remember what it looked like so it must have disappeared :lol: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I don't think so and can no longer remember what it looked like so it must have disappeared :lol: :roll: Ahhhh... memory fade is it Caryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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