Any time you have moisture, nutrients, and light, you'll have algae. It
really is of little to no consequence as far as i can tell, unless it builds
up to the black slime often seen on media such as rock wool. Then it tends
to choke off air flow to the roots.

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"Wendy" wrote in message
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I would give the plant a good bath with Physan & repot. I have also found
that algae accumulates
when using the clear pots?
Cheers Wendy
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(IiSpankyii) wrote:

Are the roots firm, or soft and mushy? Firm is good, soft and mushy
means dead
roots.

They are very firm.