Taras V Pleskun interviews Philip John Foronda of the Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and finds out why seaweed aquaculture is such an important industry. Please Introduce yourself and how you first got into the aquaculture industry. Hi!…
Nori Nibbler is a New Way to Algae Clip
The humble algae clip is one of the most important ways to feed seaweed to our herbivorous surgeonfish and reef fish but this accessory hasn’t enjoyed much attention from the DIY and creative types. The main question reefers have to…
Huge Parts of the Caribbean Are Experiencing Massive Algae Blooms
If you’ve ever experience algae blooms or outbreaks in your aquarium, you know how damaging the algae can be as it grows and when it breaks down. But right now a huge stretch of the Caribbean is experiencing an algae…
Innovative Marine Gourmet Grazer will put your feeding clips out of work
The Innovative Marine Gourmet Grazer will put your feeding clips out of work. The simple design is an improved way to feed dried seaweed to your grazing fish that utilized a PVC snap lock package that many holes to secure…
Maine brewery uses seaweed in latest beer
Craft breweries have been using odd ingredients to set them apart from the competition for a while but one brewery in Maine caught our attention when we learned they have a brew coming up made with seaweed. The Marshall Wharf…
Hikari Seaweed Extreme getting good reception so far
We dropped by the Hikari booth at MACNA to see what was brewing and ended up chatting about the Seaweed Extreme we last saw at Reefapalooza last fall. The product began shipping at the end of last year and as…
Seaweed biofuel getting closer to reach with help from E.coli
Seaweed biofuel might be the next generation of fuels thanks to ally in E. Coli. The benefits of seaweed over land-based crops is it grows underwater and requires no watering or fertilizer like corn or other land plants plus it…
Algae linked to chemical warfare vs. coral reefs
The growing list of things damaging coral reefs just got longer as a new study in Fiji has found some seaweeds actually produce chemicals that cause coral bleaching and suppresses photosynthesis. This could lead to more discoveries of similar seaweed…
