A Big Welcome To This Algae

Overall, marine aquarists are a happy lot. It’s not surprising really, the hobby can be quite challenging, is certainly fascinating, and, after a period of just sitting looking at the aquarium, calming.

Unless of course the aquarist notices something that is wrong. Action is quickly taken to put it right. If there is potential to harm the inmates of the aquarium then calming it certainly isn’t.

Mention the word [tag-tec]algae[/tag-tec] to a marine aquarist and often a vision appears of a potentially beautiful reef covered in horrible green hairy stuff, or a mat of dark algae creeping over sand and rocks causing ruin. Then again, perhaps it conjures up a vision of lovely pink encrusting algae. Whatever the picture, this one is different. [Read more]

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Tags: algae-control, blue-green-algae, brown-algae, green-algae, red-algae, red-marine-algae

Problematic Algae - The Reefkeepers Nightmare.

Algae is a problem for most salt water aquarium keepers at some point in their adventure, the secret with algae is having the knowledge as to why it grows and how to actually prevent it.

Of course not all algae is problematic, for example coralline algae, sometimes known as [tag-tec]red marine algae[/tag-tec] can be quite pleasant to the eye. It is a nice colour, spreads over the rocks giving them a nice appearance - until it starts to grow on the glass, then it can become a nightmare. [Read more]

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