Transparent Hair like algae? Please help identify ...

[arch85]

Saw this really weird film like algae growing on glass … I think it's algae, but not sure.

Can anyone let me know what it is? It is a little hard to see in the video; even in real life it's kind of hard to see, but it's def. there …

Thanks!

[video=youtube;YJzv8Fq9As4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzv8Fq9As4[/video]

Weird transparent-ish algae? - YouTube

 

[revsgirl]

Hopefully someone around here can help you out!

 

[Tenor]

It might be just a diatom. It look clear when it thin then getting more brownor green in color when it's getting thicker.

 

[mallorieGgator]

It's hair algae in it's death stage. So it's dying HA. Most algae will turn clear before it dies. Very similar to how corals bleach and then die. Corals lose their symbiotic algae and plants lose their chlorophyl.