Do We Need to Use UV Sterilizers? It is common knowledge that aquariums are susceptible to algal blooms, parasitic invasions and spread of pathogens regardless of proper aquarium cleaning...
Category: Algae
The infestation of Bubble algae is definitely one of the worst scenarios you can encounter in a heavily stocked reef aquarium. Bubble algae exist as unicellular organisms with spherical or...
Compsopogon sp. (also known in the aquarium hobby as Staghorn algae) is a freshwater red alga of the family Compsopogonaceae. In nature, these algae are widely distributed throughout the world,...
How to remove algae, and hair algae in particular, is one of the most common problems in the aquarium hobby. Algae has been the bane of our existence since … forever! Even though every year we...
Black beard algae is a type of red algae that plagues freshwater and marine aquaria. It is commonly referred to as Brush algae because of its soft, fuzzy, hair-like filaments that grow attached...
Sooner or later, no matter how hard we try, but every aquarium gets algae. There is no way around it, especially if you are going for a planted tank and you are running highlights. In general,...