32+ Brown Algae In Established Aquarium With Cloudy Gif
32+ Brown Algae In Established Aquarium With Cloudy Gif. Brown algae (also called gravel algae or silica algae) begin as brown patches on the gravel and/or glass of the tank. Once established, it can rapidly the beneficial rotifers and copepods will actually both eat and outcompete the brown algae in the aquarium.
The most common types of hair algae are cladophora, oedogonium, vaucheria and spirogyra and these will range in colour from green or brown to black in some cases.
Whilst some aquarists advocate that your tank should be pristine, and have no algae growth at all, this is not natural or healthy. Brown diatom algae also out compete more desirable green algae in these conditions when light is poor for healthy photosynthesis due to lack adequate amounts of light in the proper par. Sunlight contains all the colours of the rainbow. Large brown algae in the order laminariales are conspicuous inhabitants of shallow subtidal reefs in cool seas worldwide.
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