I would have never guessed it...

[Magnum Man]

With all the algae / biofilm eaters in my pretty crowded Hillstream tank, I do all I can, to grow as much as I can, and except for a small patch of hard algae on the front glass, that they work on all the time, but can't seem to make much dent on, even my algae scraper won't remove all of it )... my tank glass is pretty much spotless, as well as the rest of the tank except for the pagoda roofs, which are also a main feeding area, being closer to the main lights

but in the last week or so, I'm noticing a little hair algae on some pothos roots over next to my algae generator ( a pair of LED plant light sticks, stuck on a side glass, with a row of lucky bamboo, an inch away from the glass to shield the light for viewing... this is an eating area always full of fish munching away ) anyway I must be getting enough bleed through light between stalks of bamboo, that the hair algae has taken hold on the roots, the rest of the tank is spotless, despite long hours of light on the main lights... I guess it's good to know everyone is getting enough to eat... maybe I'll cut back a little on the algae cookies, and see if the hair algae starts disappearing???

 

[Magnum Man]

so how does this type of algae reproduce??? my kisser gourami is a gill raker, and when I add Bacter AE, it swims into the cloud, and can be seen taking in big gulps of water, pulling the Bacter out of the water... I'm seeing the same type of activity over by this hair algae, like it's filtering out seeds or pollen from the algae

 

[Magnum Man]

specialty feeders... I notice that the "stingray" shaped Hillstream's prefer to eat off of bigger surfaces like glass, the bigger rocks, and the pagoda roofs, etc.

and the lizard Hillstream's like the Red Saddleback ( the subject of another thread the other day ) are more often found grazing on the roots... hmmm... sounds like an excuse to buy a couple more fish...