Category: Plants & Algae

20
May
2024

“Pond Went From Green to Brown Overnight” What’s That All About?

“Pond was green water yesterday now today its brown what should I do is this a problem.”…

29
Dec
2019

The Importance of “Light” to Koi, Goldfish and Aquarium Fish in General

Why Can’t Koi and Goldfish Live in the Dark? Is “Sunlight” Absolutely Necessary? It bears mentioning that…

09
Nov
2019

The REAL Siamese Algae Eater

Folks face brush algae, also known as beard algae, black beard algae, red algae which is a…

07
Nov
2019

Live Plants and Koi For Algae Control

Koi and plants do fine if the plants are abundant enough. If you “try” one or two…

07
Nov
2019

Veggie Filters: Algae Control Naturally

The prime competitor to algae is simply other plants. All pants consume nitrogen and phosphorus and iron….

07
Nov
2019

Algae Control: Green Water Algae Bloom

Algae Control, Green Water Bloom. This is an old video with good, current information. Crude in it’s…

07
Nov
2019

Why Algae Matters: Green Algae Blooms

Algae matters because it can obscure your view of the fish and also, string algae can choke…

07
Nov
2019

What Is Algae?

Algae are single celled plants. They occur in primarily two forms, one form composes strands which can…

06
Nov
2019

String Algae Control – The Common Plecostomus (Not Bristlenose)

I’ve seldom had a problem with String Algae Control because I rely on a Hypostomus (common) plecostomus…

21
Sep
2019

Using a Veggie (vegetation) filter to stop green water

Algae Free – Using a Veggie (vegetation) filter to stop green water – by Doc Johnson People…