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  1. Fri Mar 03, 2006, 10:03 AM #1
    TomNS
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    strange algae - ID help pls

    Hi guys,

    My little 80L tank has this strange algae in my tank with my young discus.

    I have attached a two photos which are about as good as I can get - It looks like the algae in the sticky thread about discus plague.

    Should I just go and get some algae fix and dose the tank. I have had it in my tank for a month with waterchanges every 3 days.

    Thanks
    Tom
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  2. Fri Mar 03, 2006, 12:26 PM #2
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    It's a bit hard to tell, but is is dark green, and furry. If so , it may be black beard algae.

    I wouldn't use any algae cure with discus. Just clean it off by scraping. So long as you don't have any plants in that tank, it won't harm anything.
    Thirty-five years keeping and breeding discus, and I'm still learning :P

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  3. Sat Mar 04, 2006, 08:47 AM #3
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    Can't make out much from the photo, but if it's white I'm thinking maybe a colonial freshwater cnidarian (cordylophora?). Related to hydra.

    Just a guess.

    Fred
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