We’ve all seen how algae can choke off corals in our home aquariums and the same holds true in the wild. But algae-grazing fish in the wild are doing their parts to keep algae levels low on natural reefs to…
Marine Plants in the Aquarium is a comprehensive website on captive marine botany
When we first heard of Marine Plant Book we raced to the website to seek the details of where this book could be purchased. After poking around the website for a while, we realized that the website is the book.…
Seaweed fossils may be Earth’s oldest plants
An abundance of fossils resembling seaweed uncovered in southern China may prove to be some of the oldest plants ever discovered. Previously the earliest uncovered evidence of creatures resembling what we would consider modern organisms was dated around 580 million…
AlgaeBase a great online reference for aquarium macroalgae identification
AlgaeBase is an often overlooked resource available to hobbyists looking to identify and gain more information on macroalgae in the marine aquarium trade. Macroalgae identification can be tough once you get outside of the caulerpa and chaetomorpha varieties most common…
Eheim Powerscraper is a motorized algae cleaning blade
The Eheim Powerscraper is a motorized algae scraper that borrows from the technology of powered toothbrushes and razorblades. In a rather stunning marketing move Eheim has elected to not share any photos nor details on their upcoming Eheim Powerscraper. This…
Stanford researchers find electrical current from plants, algae
After years and years of us hating on algae we might start liking it again. We say this because researchers at Stanford University are generating electrical current by hooking into the electron activity of individual algae cells. Or in WonHyoung…
Algae blooms threaten to choke Baltic Sea
An explosion of phytoplankton has reached alarming levels in the Baltic Sea consuming outrageous amounts of precious oxygen and choking out aquatic life creating one of the largest marine “dead zones” on the planet. As part of nature’s cycle, small…
Mag-Flip algae cleaning magnet is a winner
The Mag-Flip algae magnet is one of those products that makes you wonder “How did someone think to do that?” Â When we first saw the marketing for this product we weren’t convinced that anyone would want or need to have…
Algae to produce fuel in europe, plant will cost $92 million, who knew?
GreenFuel Technologies, the Cambridge, MA, alternative energy company has reached an agreement—worth up to some $92 million—to build an algae-based fuel plant in Europe, according to sources close to the firm. GreenFuel is developing algae bioreactor systems to convert carbon…
How to Remove Bubble Algae From your Saltwater Aquairum with Syringes
So currently in my tank I have quite a lot of bubble algae, and the bubbles keep popping releasing there spores into the tank to grow more. I am getting sick of it so I bought some professional grade needle…
