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what kind of plant ?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:35 am
by JaVaGiRl
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:40 am
by JaVaGiRl
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:17 am
by JaVaGiRl
Okay, this plant spreads out instead of up... its not as soft as most plants. It reminds me of java moss, but its definatly not. It is verry full, and is a light green color. My friend said he has seen it in both aquariums and on the shores of some lakes. Please let me know what this is, its driving me nuts. Oh and the firts day I put it in my tank, I put about a pound of it in, the next morning, it was all gone. I noticed my snails (mystery ) as in the picture.. they were on it. My tanks are filled with live plants and they do not harm them at all. Why are they munching down all of this and what is this?? I have like 5 pounds of it and my baby fish and shrimp LOVE to hide and play in it. I use it as ground coverage.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:29 pm
by gnatster
Picture is way to small to tell.
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:47 pm
by JaVaGiRl
It wont let me post a larger picture
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:01 am
by chlorophyll
I don't know if it matches based on that pic, but Nitella or Nitella flexilis comes to my mind by your description. Also Nitella's an alga so it might be munched on by shrimp. Mine tended to disappear in my shrimp tanks... slowly though. In my betta tank (no shrimp), it lasts forever... so I'm guessing the shrimp do munch on it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:17 am
by JaVaGiRl
I tried to look for pictures on that plant and I can't get a good one.. If you know where I can see a pic of that that'll be great! Thanks again
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:10 am
by chlorophyll
It's probably not what you have (from your pics it doesn't look like it), but here are a couple pics of Nitella:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/i ... lla_lg.jpg
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%2 ... la%201.jpg
The second picture is closer to what mine typically looked like. It's also known as Stonewort. I love the stuff. Wish it lasted longer in my shrimp tanks.
By the way, for hosting fuller sized pictures online, try
http://www.myonlineimages.com
Can't say how long that site will last, but it's perfect for anyone here who wants to post their shrimp pics.
http://www.bravenet.com
Also free, and has been around a long time. I think they too allow remote linking.
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:12 pm
by JaVaGiRl
Okay, these are better larger images. Thanks for all your help, and hopefully we can get this identified.
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:46 pm
by Urkevitz
Definetaly looks like Stonewort, its a freshwater macroalgae.
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 am
by chlorophyll
yeah......... it is still a little hard with those pictures, but I guess it could actually be Nitella/Stonewort. Not really sure though.
If you take some out of the water, gently stretch it out and drape it across your hand, its appearance may look a little more like this:
http://www.kranswieren.nl/Resources/fot ... abitus.jpg
or this
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/we ... itella.jpg
...especially at its tips.
And its texture is little more slippery than any moss.
It contains a lot of calcium, I believe. And perhaps shrimp are drawn to munch on it periodically, as they would a shed exoskeleton.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:52 am
by JaVaGiRl
Mines not slippery at all its actually kinda brittle, but it doesn't fall apart. I put it in my shrimp tank yesterday morning about a baseball sized amount. And this morning its all gone. There going nuts over it. If anyone wants some email me, crazy awesome stuff.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:26 pm
by JaVaGiRl
my email address is
AlLMe2Peace@aol.com its easier to copy and paste,
allme2peace@aol.com 
