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Blue-green algae isn’t technically an algae in the proper sense of the word – it’s actually a form of bacteria, called cyanobacteria, which is a type of bacteria capable of photosynthesis.
Cyanobacteria is one of the oldest organisms known in the world, and is estimatedt to have been around for at least three.five billion years!
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I’ll try and not get too technical here.
Algae (pronounced AL-jee) are simple forms of marine plant life.
They’re pretty basic: they lack leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, and all the other things we normally associate with plants.
The term ‘algae’ is an umbrella phrase that’s used to refer to all forms of marine life that [...]

What really hurts for a fish-keeper, is the first major tragedy that happens to you – our early freshwater tropical fish experience wasn’t great. It was a particularly grisly circumstance which we could have avoided but I didn’t count as “our fault”…
We had gone away for a long weekend and yes, you’ve guessed it, the thermostat [...]

Plants play an important role in aquarium life. They help to absorb nitrites that are toxic to the fish. In fact there are some plant only aquariums. There are many different varieties of aquatic plants. Tubers are a type of plant that needs to be anchored by the root to the bottom of the tank. [...]