Algae

Have you ever spotted nasty-looking brown patches on diverse surfaces in your reef tank and wondered what they were? Well, those brown irregularities are known as brown algae or diatoms, and they are capable of growing in freshwater and saltwater aquariums provided that there is

Today I am going to talk about how to grow marine microalgae. Marin macroalgae is a group of multicellular and unicellular organisms that exist predominantly on coral reefs, oceans, seas, and coastal regions. These algae are not microalgae or phytoplankton, the word itself “macroalgae” defines

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 elongated fluid-filled thallus or thalli. They are usually green in color; pale/light green to emerald

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, but is most common in tropical and subtropical regions and occasionally extends into north temperate

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 gain more knowledge and get some new, fantastic products that

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 to solid surfaces. Black beard algae are one of the worst algae