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strange 'algae'
I have three deck tubs going. One with cattails, one with a small tropical lily :-)) and one with rush and a society garlic. Last year this middle tub developed a strange algae form. It is a fairly firm brown jelly like blob. Each one is separate from the others. It starts out small and then gets about the size of a quarter. You can squish them and they will flatten out. Looking that them with the magnifying glass they look like broken brown fibers in jelly. Easy to pick up and remove from the tub. Glad it isn't in the main pond. I think it came in on a papyrus plant I put in there last year and survived just fine over a fairly severe cold snap this winter. It really took off this spring and I've been removing it. Not a big chore, just a curiosity ;-) kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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strange 'algae'
Could it be a freshwater sponge, or even a bryozoan? They say there are
about 150 species of freshwater sponges: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/pl.../bryozoan.html Here's a page with many photos of bryozoans, they vary tremendously in form, and there are some freshwater ones, like Pectinatella: http://www.civgeo.rmit.edu.au/bryozoa/photos.html Ain't it wonderful what manner of creatures we can find in our ponds! Tim C. "Ka30P" wrote in message ... I have three deck tubs going. One with cattails, one with a small tropical lily :-)) and one with rush and a society garlic. Last year this middle tub developed a strange algae form. It is a fairly firm brown jelly like blob. Each one is separate from the others. It starts out small and then gets about the size of a quarter. You can squish them and they will flatten out. Looking that them with the magnifying glass they look like broken brown fibers in jelly. Easy to pick up and remove from the tub. Glad it isn't in the main pond. I think it came in on a papyrus plant I put in there last year and survived just fine over a fairly severe cold snap this winter. It really took off this spring and I've been removing it. Not a big chore, just a curiosity ;-) kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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strange 'algae'
Tim wrote Could it be a freshwater sponge, or even a bryozoan?
Hmmm, that it could be! Strange critter whatever it is! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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strange 'algae'
This sounds like the stuff I had growing on the rocks in my waterfall when in
Houston. Never did find out exactly what it was. Karen In article , EROSPAM (Ka30P) writes: t is a fairly firm brown jelly like blob. Each one is separate from the others. It starts out small and then gets about the size of a quarter. You can squish them and they will flatten out. Zone 5 Ashland, OH http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html My Art Studio at http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html for email remove the extra extention |
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