Can someone tell me whats growing on my java fern?

[Cobraxassassin]

can someone identify if this is algae growth on my java fern? I've got brown a black growing on the leaves( only the leaves the rest of tank is totally free from black and brown algae it's strange)

What is it? What's the likely cause? Should I remove it? Should I trim back the balck and brown algae covered leaves?

I'm getting a small shoal of ottocinclus will they eat brown/balck algae?

I'm still reasonably new to the aquarium scene so ask any questions no matter how basic please.

Thanks,

 

[Cobraxassassin]

View attachment 141837can someone identify if this is algae growth on my java fern? I've got brown a black growing on the leaves( only the leaves the rest of tank is totally free from black and brown algae it's strange)

What is it? What's the likely cause? Should I remove it? Should I trim back the balck and brown algae covered leaves?

I'm getting a small shoal of ottocinclus will they eat brown/balck algae?

I'm still reasonably new to the aquarium scene so ask any questions no matter how basic please.

Thanks,

 

[Colin_T]

baby plants and possibly roots or fungus, but need a clear picture of the white stuff under the leaf.

 

[Cobraxassassin]

 

[Cobraxassassin]

 

[Cobraxassassin]

baby plants and possibly roots or fungus, but need a clear picture of the white stuff under the leaf.

Uploaded best images I can get and an image of the whole tank

 

[BluewaterBoof]

Hard to tell but may be new baby plants.

Do a Google image search for “baby Java fern growth” and see if what you’re seeing is the same thing as what you see in the images.

 

[Byron]

There are definite signs of adventitious plants in especially the last photo. These grow from spores on the frond [= leaf] as this is a fern. The brownish collection could be roots, or organics; I suspect the latter, but these are not harmful at this stage.

The white line of "stuff" I cannot identify from these photos.