What is this?

R.sok · 01-30-2013, 09:41 PM

I received it as a hitchhiked plant & allowed it to grow. It's the strands in the moss on the right

**wabisabi** · 01-30-2013, 10:06 PM

Utricularia gibba.

**n00dl3** · 01-30-2013, 10:10 PM

Better remove ASAP or you'll never rid of them from your tank. It is more annoying than riccia or duckweed.

R.sok · 01-31-2013, 12:28 AM

Yikes this thing is a carnivore? I probably should of expressed concern sooner, the stuff is tangled everywhere, luckily it pulls off the plants leaves pretty easily, well except for my moss this will be difficult

**n00dl3** · 01-31-2013, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by R.sok

Yikes this thing is a carnivore? I probably should of expressed concern sooner, the stuff is tangled everywhere, luckily it pulls off the plants leaves pretty easily, well except for my moss this will be difficult

Yes but they are harmless. They are like bladderworth. PITA to remove from your tank. If you have a small piece in the tank, they will survive and grow. Usually trapped in extremely hard places to find. I had to throw away plants are contaminated to get rid of them. I have been fight this for 3 years in my tank. I think I finally got rid of it by removing all plants that had it. Usually you have two solutions: 1st meticuleously remove it and keep it until it is all gone... double check... triple check... and recheck or redo your tank by totally breaking it down. I would've break down my tank except it is 180gal... too much PITA. Good Luck!

**Jeffww** · 01-31-2013, 01:53 AM

It's not that ugly to be honest....

**ryantube** · 01-31-2013, 06:44 AM

PITA pity! I had to remove bits by bits.

HybridHerp · 01-31-2013, 01:06 PM

I remove.....so much of this stuff from my 5.5.......its not even funny.

But you're in luck, cause some crazy soul on here is actually wanting this stuff for a fry tank lol.

R.sok · 01-31-2013, 05:36 PM

I'm glad I removed most of it while I could, the strands are really really long, tangling my stem plants, I don't have any problems with Riccia. That is what you see in the picture that looks like a lawn

01-30-2013, 09:41 PM	#1
R.sok Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: wa state Posts: 315	What is this? I received it as a hitchhiked plant & allowed it to grow. It's the strands in the moss on the right

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HybridHerp Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: New York Posts: 1,913	I remove.....so much of this stuff from my 5.5.......its not even funny. But you're in luck, cause some crazy soul on here is actually wanting this stuff for a fry tank lol. __________________ My 75 gallon hi-tech idkwattocallit Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2086394 My 10 gallon low tech Tank (Post Sandy): http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...82#post2086382 My 5.5 gallon nano College Dorm Tank: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...94#post2114094

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01-30-2013, 10:06 PM	#2
wabisabi Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (34/100%) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ハワイ諸島 Posts: 432	Utricularia gibba.

01-31-2013, 12:28 AM	#4
R.sok Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: wa state Posts: 315	Yikes this thing is a carnivore? I probably should of expressed concern sooner, the stuff is tangled everywhere, luckily it pulls off the plants leaves pretty easily, well except for my moss this will be difficult

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Jeffww Microsynodontis Lover (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 2,081	It's not that ugly to be honest....

01-31-2013, 06:44 AM	#7
ryantube Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (46/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Alhambra, CA, USA Posts: 346	PITA pity! I had to remove bits by bits.

01-31-2013, 05:36 PM	#9
R.sok Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: wa state Posts: 315	I'm glad I removed most of it while I could, the strands are really really long, tangling my stem plants, I don't have any problems with Riccia. That is what you see in the picture that looks like a lawn