Gray algae?

Jim Cannon · 11/27/2006, 10:28 AM

Here is the deal. I have a 12G Nano. In the back chambers I have sponge in #1, LR frags in #2, and pump in #3.

I am not having a problem at all. I noticed something the other day and just want some opinions. The frag rocks in #2 are covered in what I best can describe as gray algae. Actually it looks like gray fuzz, but it must be loose because I see it settled on my sand bed. Not a lot mind you. It must be loose and getting sucked into the tank from the pump. It isn't anywhere else but on those LRs. What is it? I assume its some kind of algae. It looks as though if I took out the rocks and rinsed them it would come off. But I am reluctant to fix something that isn't broken.

Thanks

jpslickorocks · 11/27/2006, 01:24 PM

There is no real way of telling without pictures

DjScibbity · 11/27/2006, 03:48 PM

i get the same thing on my lr rubble in the back of my 24 gallon nano. I have the same configuration, except I run the sponge in the second chamber, LR rubble in first chamber, and heater/pump in third chamber. My rock isnt "covered" in it, but what you described sounds very similar. I have not worried about it and have had no tank problems in one year now. I say leave it unless you start developing problems or until it makes its way into the display. My $.02

-JP

soni · 11/27/2006, 10:53 PM

sounds like some kind of sponge?

Jim Cannon · 11/28/2006, 07:31 AM

I tried to take a pic, but it doesn't come out right. The color on the pic just isn't right. Sorry.

I don't think its sponge. Not that I am any kind of authority, but its more algae looking than anything else.

I'll just let it be and see what happens. So far I don't see any change good or bad in anything.

My guess is its algae, and because it gets little if any light, it has no color.
*shrug*

Jim

11/27/2006, 10:53 PM	#4
soni Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Goodyear, AZ Posts: 1,377	sounds like some kind of sponge? __________________ Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. -Isaac Asimov "Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo - use in that order." --Ed Howdershelt

11/28/2006, 07:31 AM	#5
Jim Cannon Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Gilbert/Guadalupe Rd Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 157	I tried to take a pic, but it doesn't come out right. The color on the pic just isn't right. Sorry. I don't think its sponge. Not that I am any kind of authority, but its more algae looking than anything else. I'll just let it be and see what happens. So far I don't see any change good or bad in anything. My guess is its algae, and because it gets little if any light, it has no color. shrug Jim __________________ Jim Cannon Current Tank Info: 55G Fresh African Chiclid, 12G Nano

11/27/2006, 10:28 AM	#1
Jim Cannon Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Gilbert/Guadalupe Rd Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 157	Gray algae? Here is the deal. I have a 12G Nano. In the back chambers I have sponge in #1, LR frags in #2, and pump in #3. I am not having a problem at all. I noticed something the other day and just want some opinions. The frag rocks in #2 are covered in what I best can describe as gray algae. Actually it looks like gray fuzz, but it must be loose because I see it settled on my sand bed. Not a lot mind you. It must be loose and getting sucked into the tank from the pump. It isn't anywhere else but on those LRs. What is it? I assume its some kind of algae. It looks as though if I took out the rocks and rinsed them it would come off. But I am reluctant to fix something that isn't broken. Thanks __________________ Jim Cannon Current Tank Info: 55G Fresh African Chiclid, 12G Nano

11/27/2006, 01:24 PM	#2
jpslickorocks Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scottsdale, Az. Posts: 2,165	There is no real way of telling without pictures __________________ We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. Current Tank Info: I do at least five water changes a day

11/27/2006, 03:48 PM	#3
DjScibbity BooYaah!! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chandler Posts: 1,216	i get the same thing on my lr rubble in the back of my 24 gallon nano. I have the same configuration, except I run the sponge in the second chamber, LR rubble in first chamber, and heater/pump in third chamber. My rock isnt "covered" in it, but what you described sounds very similar. I have not worried about it and have had no tank problems in one year now. I say leave it unless you start developing problems or until it makes its way into the display. My $.02 -JP __________________ JayDogg... Current Tank Info: Currently Tankless:Had 90 Gallon with 40 Gallon Sump/10Gallon Fuge - Aquactinics TX5 T-5 HO lighting, Coralife Calcium Reactor with ginormous CO2 bottle, Generic Sol valve/regulator, AC Jr, DX-8, Osmolator, Closed Loop Running Iwaki 30RLXT, OM Squirt