What is it

[Rich C]

Hi guys can anyone identify what is this growing on my moors red wood,its nothing like anything i have bought or put into the tank,the wood was soaked for a week and then boiled for a couple of hrs, all new plants are treated to a bleach dip and quarantined for a couple of weeks,i noticed this about 2 months ago and it is growing/slowly, the wood has been in the aquarium for ten months, the plant in question is right in the center of a pretty rotten pic from my phone,thanks in advance if you can identify.

 

[mort]

It looks similar to a liverwort but I don't really have a clue.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Lomariopsis Lineata?

 

[tam]

Susswassertang, maybe?

 

[Rich C]

Sorry guys this is about the best i can get with my phone

 

[mort]

Susswassertang, maybe?

That was my first thought as it's a very similar growth form but I'm fairly sure mine has never attached to the substrate and that looks rooted down. It was really my basis for saying liverwort which I believe subwassertang used to be classified as.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Lomariopsis lineata?

I'm not sure, but it does look like it might be a <"fern prothallus">. Keep it and see what happens.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tim Harrison]

I thought it might be one or the other.

 

[HiNtZ]

Looks like a fungus :s

 

[Edvet]

I got this in all my tanks, easy in low tech tanks: (Lomariopsis indeed)