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2. Freshwater aquarium algae - Wikipedia

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   Green thread algae is common in newly established aquaria and is easily outcompeted by installed plants. [9] Hair algae is very similar to green thread algae. Typically, hair algae grows in a carpet of dense, short filaments. Oedogonium in particular may be referred to as hair algae. Hair algae may be caused by too much light in the aquaria. [11]

3. Clean-up crew - Wikipedia

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   The clean-up crew is the term that has been used by many aquarists and vendors since the late 1980s to refer to various small animals commonly sold for use in keeping the reef aquarium clear of pest algae, detritus and parasites. [1] Among the most popular have long been blue-legged hermit crabs, scarlet hermit crabs, emerald crabs and various ...

4. Algaecide - Wikipedia

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   Barley straw, in England, is placed in mesh bags and floated in fish ponds or water gardens to help reduce algal growth without harming pond plants and animals. Barley straw has not been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as a pesticide and its effectiveness as an algaecide in ponds has produced mixed results during university testing in the United ...

5. Refugium (fishkeeping) - Wikipedia

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   For some applications water flow is limited in order to protect plants or animals that require slow flow. The refugium light cycle can be operated opposite to the main tank, in order to keep total system pH more stable (due to the uptake of acid-forming CO 2 by photosynthesis occurring in the refugium during its "daylight" hours). One volume ...

6. Aquarium filter - Wikipedia

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   Algae scrubber (upflow version) floating on a reef pond. Algae may be grown purposely, which removes chemicals from the water which need to be removed in order to have healthy fish, invertebrates and corals. This is a natural ("green") filtering method, which lets an aquarium operate the way oceans and lakes operate. [18]

7. 32 types of saltwater fish for your aquarium - AOL

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   They eat large amounts of algae from rocks, especially filamentous and green-haired algae. These mottled fish with captivating big eyes don’t love their own kind, however, often being very ...