Pond snail with algae growth....

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Pond snail with algae growth....

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Anything that is slow enough will eventually grow algae it seems. Here is a dramatic example :-D :

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:shock: It looks like a little tree growing out of the little guy :o !
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Post by Cableguy »

that's some pretty interesting algae...
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Wow! That is quite a burden for that poor snail :shock:
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Are you sure that is is algea and not some sort of parasite?

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Looks like the black beard algae I battled with when my phosephates were sky high. Kool stuff if it wan't so invasive.
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Whoaa thats crazy looking!
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I know, like I said it looks like a tree and the snail is the pot moving it around :-D
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