Algae Fish

Seaweeds of the NW Gulf of Mexico

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/welcome.html

Film footage taken with a SONSUB ROV on board the R/V Ron Brown during the 2003 NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition to the northwestern Gulf of Mexico was kindly provided by Emma Hickerson, PI (Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary).

Edited film segments highlight the topography of unconsolidated rubble and rhodoliths (round carbonate nodules surrounded by crust-forming red algae) that support a lush and diversity-rich marine macroalgal flora at 45-90 m depth.

Collected seaweed specimens are deposited in the seaweed laboratory of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
http://morayeel.louisiana.edu/SeaweedsLab/phycomirth.html

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How to clean sand in marine tank?

How can I get rid of Algae in my marine tank, on the sand? Please!
Live sand not to meantion

use reverse osmosis techniques.
but it is very expensive.

Sep 10 2008 - VID00005

Recorded on September 10, 2008 using a Flip Video camcorder.

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Green Hair Algae (marine)?

does anybody know of a effective green hair algae eater in a salt water aquarium, im stuck for cures, all my parameaters are spot on my lights have been replaced and turned down and water flow increased and still have the stuff so if any body knows of any thing that will munch frew it than that would be good thanks all Yer ive Got the full cleen up crew and thay arnt doing the job (8 blue legg 10 green leg and 15 tuban snails) was just wondering if there was anything that loved the stuff
any of the reef safe hermits (scarlet, blue leg, zebra leg) margarita snails, banded torchus snails, cerith snails.

foraminifer with dinoflagellates

This is time lapse (~90x real-time) video-microscopy of a soritid foraminifer encountering Symbiodinium dinoflagellates, using a Nikon inverted phase contrast scope, Nikon D80 camera, and iStopMotion software.

This shows the interaction between two marine microorganisms, a foraminifer and many tiny dinoflagellate algae. The large disc-shaped thing is the foraminifer; it is about 2mm across. It is collecting the dinoflagellates around it. These dinoflagellates are the same algae that live inside corals, and these foraminifera have a similar symbiotic relationship with their algae as do corals. I use this kind of time-lapse video to compress processes that happen on a longer time scale into a few seconds, which helps to understand the dynamic nature of the living microscopic world on coral reefs.

Thanks for watching! This is my first YouTube video and would love some feedback.

The audio track is “Gangster’s Theme” by RZA, from the Ghost Dog soundtrack.

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Marine iguanas of the Galapagos islands - BBC wildlife

In order to survive, iguanas have adapted to tackle the rough tropical seas. The sea lions however can’t help teasing them in their death defying hunt for red and green algae.

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what reef safe marine animal will eat my hair algae?

i have a peppermint shrinp 2 cleaner shrimps and some hermit crabs and some turbo snails

As has been implied in other answers, make sure to treat the root problem, which is probably excessive nutrients (don't be confused if the excessive nutrents don't show up in water tests, as the algae may be consuming the nutrients before you can measure). Assuming that you are addressing the root problem, I'd want to bolster my clean up crew with some good algae eating inverts. Trochus, Astrea, Nerite, and Cerith Snails are great IMO (see attached article). I am also, as someone said above, a huge fan of herbivorous urchins for algae control. I like the long spined urchins from the Indo-Pacific. Beware that urchins will eat ALL algae, including the red and purple algae you want.

A lawnmower blenny is a solid choice, and there are a number of other blennies that also tak down algae with extreme prejudice (e.g. Segmented Sailfin Blenny (Salarias segmentatus),Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus) and Black Sailfin Blenny (Atrosalarias fuscus)).

You might also consider tangs, rabbitfishes and dwarf angelfishes (although the latter two can only be considered reef compatible WITH CAUTION). The dwarf angels are amongst the most attractive and useful saltwater fishes for the smaller marine aquarium IMO.

Finally, you may want to consider a lettuce slug and or a sea hare. Horror stories abound about these guys, but if you do your homework and choose the right species for the right tank, you will have (pound for pound) the best algae eater around.

I hope this helps! Good luck…

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how can i stop red algae growing on my marine fish tank?

You've got too much protein in the tank, get rid of it or it will kill your fish. Have you got a protein skimmer fitted cause you need one.

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