What kind of plant is this?

**Rob in Puyallup** · 10-13-2012, 05:02 PM

I have this odd looking something growing in with some floating moss in one of my tanks. A single strand of it looks like green zig-zaggy hair with little bubbles on the points of the zigzags. I'm thinking it may be some sort of carnivorous something or other. The bubbles appear too small to eat anything larger than a cyclop, I hope, because there are lots of shrimp in this tank.

Some pics:

MSG · 10-13-2012, 05:14 PM

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=192591

Image of what utricularia looks like when they're larger.

Tinanti · 10-13-2012, 05:26 PM

It's Utricularia gibba. It won't get any bigger than that. Usually considered a pest plant.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 10-13-2012, 06:07 PM

Thanks for the answers. I have looked it up on the net. Guess I should try to get rid of it.

10-13-2012, 05:02 PM	#1
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	What kind of plant is this? I have this odd looking something growing in with some floating moss in one of my tanks. A single strand of it looks like green zig-zaggy hair with little bubbles on the points of the zigzags. I'm thinking it may be some sort of carnivorous something or other. The bubbles appear too small to eat anything larger than a cyclop, I hope, because there are lots of shrimp in this tank. Some pics: Last edited by Rob in Puyallup; 02-03-2013 at 03:16 AM..

10-13-2012, 05:14 PM	#2
MSG Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: East Coast Posts: 270	You have a version of utricularia http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=192591 Image of what utricularia looks like when they're larger.

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10-13-2012, 05:26 PM	#3
Tinanti Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Florida panhandle Posts: 858	It's Utricularia gibba. It won't get any bigger than that. Usually considered a pest plant.

10-13-2012, 06:07 PM	#4
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Thanks for the answers. I have looked it up on the net. Guess I should try to get rid of it.