White Roots Growing on two different species of plants. HELP!

[Joeysilver]

Random white/clear root system growing on multiple species of plants including Crinum & Blue hygro. What is it? Is it dangerous? How did it get in my tank?

 

Not hydra as it doesn't move and its a root system. 

[ange]

Looks kind of like the beginnings of staghorn algae to me. Attached photos are all taken from Google as I've not personally treated it. George Farmer has a short video on treating it and there are a ton of other resources on YT.

[nabokovfan87]

On 4/8/2022 at 1:30 AM, ange said:

Looks kind of like the beginnings of staghorn algae to me. Attached photos are all taken from Google as I've not personally treated it. George Farmer has a short video on treating it and there are a ton of other resources on YT.

In the video he calls it "tuffed algae" or "tucked algae" not sure what that is or if anyone has a translation. He says it's rare.

[ange]

On 4/8/2022 at 2:14 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

In the video he calls it "tuffed algae" or "tucked algae" not sure what that is or if anyone has a translation. He says it's rare.

He refers to it as staghorn algae at the 20s mark. His accent is a tad thick but I think you're referencing where he speaks on how it's one of the more difficult to treat types of algae. I'm not sure where he's located exactly but I met a lot of people with his speech pattern while I was living in Bristol.

[nabokovfan87]

On 4/8/2022 at 1:16 PM, ange said:

He refers to it as staghorn algae at the 20s mark. His accent is a tad thick but I think you're referencing where he speaks on how it's one of the more difficult to treat types of algae. I'm not sure where he's located exactly but I met a lot of people with his speech pattern while I was living in Bristol.

At 2:50 he specifically calls out the type of algae and shows whatever the second type referenced is.

 

[ange]

On 4/8/2022 at 3:25 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

At 2:50 he specifically calls out the type of algae and shows whatever the second type referenced is.

 

In that case he's referencing this one. To me it looks more like an aquatic slime mold than algae but that's pure speculation.

This one shown at other points in the video is definitely staghorn though

[nabokovfan87]

Unfortunately there was supposed to be a part 2, deeper dive into the issue, but he didn't specifically have a part 2. I checked videos released after and it looks like he moved on from the tank.