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Strange growth in filter ??
While cleaning the grunge out of my filter today, I noticed a strange growth
on the inner side of my filter. It looked like a tiny root system growing along the inner wall of the filter. I touched it and some broke off. What is this? What does it indicate? |
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Strange growth in filter ??
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:21:20 GMT, "Steve \(Dart\)"
wrote: While cleaning the grunge out of my filter today, I noticed a strange growth on the inner side of my filter. It looked like a tiny root system growing along the inner wall of the filter. I touched it and some broke off. What is this? What does it indicate? Bryazoa, most likely. It means that you are more observant than most people. They are cool animals, but only grow in the dark, otherwise algae will overwhelm them. Can you put that part of the filter in some water and watch them with a magnifying lens? It's worth the trouble. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others |
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"Charles" wrote in message ... On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:21:20 GMT, "Steve \(Dart\)" wrote: While cleaning the grunge out of my filter today, I noticed a strange growth on the inner side of my filter. It looked like a tiny root system growing along the inner wall of the filter. I touched it and some broke off. What is this? What does it indicate? Bryazoa, most likely. It means that you are more observant than most people. They are cool animals, but only grow in the dark, otherwise algae will overwhelm them. Can you put that part of the filter in some water and watch them with a magnifying lens? It's worth the trouble. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others There are about 2 dozen freshwater bryozoans in the U.S. And not much is known about them. Might be a great chance to study them up close. |
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Well, now you guys have gotten my curiosity going. We do have a microscope
here, I may get it set up next time I got the filter set up. I had it open again today and it was larger!!!! Thanks, I will let you know what I see. " George" wrote in message ... "Charles" wrote in message ... On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:21:20 GMT, "Steve \(Dart\)" wrote: While cleaning the grunge out of my filter today, I noticed a strange growth on the inner side of my filter. It looked like a tiny root system growing along the inner wall of the filter. I touched it and some broke off. What is this? What does it indicate? Bryazoa, most likely. It means that you are more observant than most people. They are cool animals, but only grow in the dark, otherwise algae will overwhelm them. Can you put that part of the filter in some water and watch them with a magnifying lens? It's worth the trouble. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others There are about 2 dozen freshwater bryozoans in the U.S. And not much is known about them. Might be a great chance to study them up close. |
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In article , Charles
writes: Bryazoa, most likely. It means that you are more observant than most people. They are cool animals, but only grow in the dark, otherwise algae will overwhelm them. Can you put that part of the filter in some water and watch them with a magnifying lens? It's worth the trouble. it's an animal and not a plant, I always thought it was a form of algae. it about took over my filter box! Karen 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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Interesting! I went on a fossil hunt two weeks ago at Rock Glen
Ontario Canada. I collected quite a few Devonian age fossils (365 million years ago). Searching through the Internet tonight I identified one fossil as Bryozoa. An hour ago I never heard of it now I have a Devonian age fossil of it and Steve has it in his filter. Looks a lot like fan coral bit is's not. See; http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bryozoafr.html Just thought it was strange Russell Mack On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:55:09 GMT, Charles wrote: On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:21:20 GMT, "Steve \(Dart\)" wrote: While cleaning the grunge out of my filter today, I noticed a strange growth on the inner side of my filter. It looked like a tiny root system growing along the inner wall of the filter. I touched it and some broke off. What is this? What does it indicate? Bryazoa, most likely. It means that you are more observant than most people. They are cool animals, but only grow in the dark, otherwise algae will overwhelm them. Can you put that part of the filter in some water and watch them with a magnifying lens? It's worth the trouble. |
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Xref: kermit rec.ponds:152466
On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 02:21:18 -0400, Webfoot wrote: Interesting! I went on a fossil hunt two weeks ago at Rock Glen Ontario Canada. I collected quite a few Devonian age fossils (365 million years ago). Searching through the Internet tonight I identified one fossil as Bryozoa. An hour ago I never heard of it now I have a Devonian age fossil of it and Steve has it in his filter. Looks a lot like fan coral bit is's not. See; http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bryozoafr.html Just thought it was strange Russell Mack I used to not be able to spell bryazologist, and now I don't know if it is even a word. Somewhere in my reading about these I remember that they are the most common cause of fouling on boats. They are apparently quite common, just nobody notices them very often. I had some fairly good pictures of mine, somewhere on one of the hard disks, I hope, but I haven't been able to find them. Maybe it's time to see if my colony is still going. Mine showed up in an aquarium filter, I got rid of them the first few times I found them, then I have tried to keep the colony alive since then. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others |
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"Charles" wrote in message ... On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 02:21:18 -0400, Webfoot wrote: Interesting! I went on a fossil hunt two weeks ago at Rock Glen Ontario Canada. I collected quite a few Devonian age fossils (365 million years ago). Searching through the Internet tonight I identified one fossil as Bryozoa. An hour ago I never heard of it now I have a Devonian age fossil of it and Steve has it in his filter. Looks a lot like fan coral bit is's not. See; http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bryozoafr.html Just thought it was strange Russell Mack I used to not be able to spell bryazologist, and now I don't know if it is even a word. Somewhere in my reading about these I remember that they are the most common cause of fouling on boats. They are apparently quite common, just nobody notices them very often. I had some fairly good pictures of mine, somewhere on one of the hard disks, I hope, but I haven't been able to find them. Maybe it's time to see if my colony is still going. Mine showed up in an aquarium filter, I got rid of them the first few times I found them, then I have tried to keep the colony alive since then. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others Bryozoans are ancient creatures that can be traced back at least 450 million years in geologic history. I wasn't aware that there were many freshwater species, however. After Steve's post, I cleaned out my prefilter, and low and behold, I have bryozoans in mine as well. Who'd a thunk it? |
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Strange growth in filter ??
For those of us who just love to get down and stick our noses in the pond and see who has shown up... Try Ron's Pond Scum page http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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"Ka30P" wrote in message ... For those of us who just love to get down and stick our noses in the pond and see who has shown up... Try Ron's Pond Scum page http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Interesting. Do you know anyone who has similar images of freshwater bryozoans? |
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Xref: kermit rec.ponds:152559
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 04:22:42 -0400, " George" wrote: "Ka30P" wrote in message ... For those of us who just love to get down and stick our noses in the pond and see who has shown up... Try Ron's Pond Scum page http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Interesting. Do you know anyone who has similar images of freshwater bryozoans? google knows of a few: http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...yozoan&spell=1 http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/...97b/kenj1.html This one may not be freshwater: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ib...s/bryozoa.html The ones I had I decide were plumatella, but there was a lot of ignorance involved in my guesswork. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others |
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"Charles" wrote in message ... On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 04:22:42 -0400, " George" wrote: "Ka30P" wrote in message ... For those of us who just love to get down and stick our noses in the pond and see who has shown up... Try Ron's Pond Scum page http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Interesting. Do you know anyone who has similar images of freshwater bryozoans? google knows of a few: http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...yozoan&spell=1 http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/...97b/kenj1.html This one may not be freshwater: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ib...s/bryozoa.html The ones I had I decide were plumatella, but there was a lot of ignorance involved in my guesswork. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others Thanks. The reason I asked is that I am a geologist and have studied and published on fossil crinoids, and in the process, have learned a lot about living echinoderms (I have a huge green brittle star in my marine tank). I have collected not a few fossil bryozoans, but until recently, have never seen a living one (I believe a have a freshwater colony growing in my pre-filter in my pond, along the inner wall. So,naturally I want to try to identify the buggers, and try to learn a little about them. So far, I have been able to identify them. |
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Strange growth in filter ??
Where do you suppose they came from. Plants?
Russell Mack |
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Strange growth in filter ??
"Webfoot" wrote in message ... Where do you suppose they came from. Plants? Russell Mack ??? |
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Strange growth in filter ??
All sorts of things hitchhike along on plants that ponders bring home from the nursery. Worms, snails, algae, zooplankton, fish eggs, snail eggs, frog eggs, leeches, insect larvae, mosses, other plants, sea monsters ;-) "Webfoot" wrote in message ... Where do you suppose they came from. Plants? Russell Mack ??? kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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