Dreading what this could be

[Ebhan]

I really hope this isn't what I think it could be. Can anybody if for me please so I know how urgently I need to act :s

[Heavyd]

It looks like Utricularia gibba. You should remove all traces of it before it takes over your tank/mosses.

Edited May 14, 2014 by Heavyd

[newbreed]

Not a nice plant to have around shrimplets! Remove what you can and keep an eye out for small pieces in the future, it has a habit of leaving small pieces behind.

[Ebhan]

Yeah I think it was responsible for a decline in my blonde endler fry numbers :(

[petfish]

I had some come with some moss i got, the pieces must have been tiny, i am still trying to get rid of it 3 months later.

[Ebhan]

I threw out a giant softball sized clump of java moss today as i couldn't be bothered sorting through that but i combed over my mini pellia, fissdens and peacock covered rocks and think i might have got most (hopefully all but i doubt it    )

[FishBeast]

I had some come with some moss i got, the pieces must have been tiny, i am still trying to get rid of it 3 months later.

Me too, was it from Aquagreen? What does it do apart from be a pain the the backside to get rid of?

Edited May 15, 2014 by FishBeast

[jayc]

 What does it do apart from be a pain the the backside to get rid of?

Just google it for more detail.

 

But I'll summarise it in one sentence why we hate this weed...

"It satisfies its nutrient requirements by capturing and digesting small aquatic prey – usually small invertebrates – in its bladder structures"

[Squiggle]

Definitely burn it with fire! It's like an aquatic version of a Venus Fly Trap, evil bastard stuff!!

[FishBeast]

Now its personal. Eat my shrimp.... Oooo.... Does punching hand motion...  

[petfish]

Me too, was it from Aquagreen? What does it do apart from be a pain the the backside to get rid of?

no not from aquagreen (Dave)

[Jenbenwren]

Ohhnoo UG arrggghhhh. I found it in my community tank a few weeks ago it's such a pain. I didn't know I had it till I saw an fb post about it and had unknowingly infected all the plants I had set aside for my shrimp tank. Luckily I found out before I planted the shrimp tank and spent days making sure I got every tiny bit. I've just finished removing most of it from the rest of the plants & moss I had in the com tank, (I took them all out), but I still need to go through them again to make sure I got it all before I put them back into the tank.

Silly thing was, the day before I knew I had it, I saw a fb post from a guy nearby that had a bucket full of it from his tank. I keep hundreds of cp's that need to be kept in big water trays and they get heaps of bugs and mozzie wrigglers in them, plus I love carnivorous plants but have no aquatic ones. So I asked if I could have it to put in the water trays to see if it would help keep mozzie numbers down, with out knowing I already had it lol. I did score about 25 crypts & too many small java ferns to count from his bucket full and the trays with the ug have a lot less bugs in them.