I love BBA

[George Farmer]

A lot of discussion about BBA, which is great...

Sometimes it can look good. Funnily enough this is the only area in the tank with it.

choc2 by George Farmer, on Flickr

 

[Ryan Thang To]

nice one george

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Sometimes it can look good. Funnily enough this is the only area in the tank with it.

I think it looks great, but I'm not convinced it is BBA, it looks the wrong green (more like a green algae?).

cheers Darrel

 

[Tim Harrison]

Perhaps more like a species of Cladophora?

 

[foxfish]

A lot of discussion about BBA, which is great...

Now listen ... that is Not BBA! I have just goggled up 17 scientific papers that absolutely proves I am right

 

[sWozzAres]

Hi all, I think it looks great, but I'm not convinced it is BBA, it looks the wrong green (more like a green algae?).

cheers Darrel

Colour depends on light (period and intensity) as well as temperature. BBA in my tank is always green - high light, 26C.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

BBA in my tank is always green

It definitely can be green, and in George's shot the algae is artistically blurred, so BBA definitely remains the most likely ID.

My thought that it might be a "Green Algae" was because BBA is a <"Red Algae (Rhodophyta)"> and it contains accessory pigments (phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, and allophycocyanin) which alter the "leaf" hue away from "grass" green.

The Green Algae just have chlorophylls a & b, the same as in all the <"higher plants">.

cheers Darrel

 

[xim]

Colour depends on light (period and intensity) as well as temperature. BBA in my tank is always green - high light, 26C.

Yes it can be green but not that kind of green. I've had some tuft of dense short fuzzy algae and green coloured BBA. They don't look the same.

 

[sWozzAres]

Hi all, It definitely can be green, and in George's shot the algae is artistically blurred, so BBA definitely remains the most likely ID.

My thought that it might be a "Green Algae" was because BBA is a <"Red Algae (Rhodophyta)"> and it contains accessory pigments (phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, and allophycocyanin) which alter the "leaf" hue away from "grass" green.

The Green Algae just have chlorophylls a & b, the same as in all the <"higher plants">.

cheers Darrel

yes, although 'Chantransia' stages are phycocyanin and chlorophyll a

it does look more like a moss, or well grazed BBA under high light

 

[xim]

This is what I mean. The green algae in this image are not BBA.

Here are some tufts of green BBA.

And here is the mix of short green algae and BBA on the same wood.

(Image from ryubui's Photobucket)

 

[George Farmer]

Shall I take a close-up for all you BBA fans!?

 

[AndyMcD]

How much vitamin B12 are you dosing?

 

[Henry]

If only algae caught on as the next big thing...

 

[AndyMcD]

I've definitely got algae envy!

 

[FIsh i]

Even your BBA looks Cool George...

 

[George Farmer]

How much vitamin B12 are you dosing?

I'm spot dosing it on that branch.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Seriously...cobalamin?...is there some sort of auxotrophic back story?

 

[tmiravent]

Just to add one more image...

 

[Dantrasy]

It looks like BSA to me

 

[AndyMcD]

Seriously...cobalamin?...is there some sort of auxotrophic back story?

I'm struggling with a BBA EI calculator I'm developing. Can't get the proportions quite right - Vitamin B12 / Cobalmin, powdered bats wing, hair of werewolf ...