Aquatic Ecosystems
Best Microalgae Cultivation Techniques: Ponds vs PBRs
Thirty years of promising research on microalgae cultivation techniques. Still not cheap enough to compete with petroleum. The biology is remarkable. These organisms fix carbon dioxide faster than land plants, ...
Emerging Uses of Algae in Biotechnology
Emerging uses of algae in biotechnology are moving faster than most people realise. Algae are among the most prolific aquatic organisms on the planet. They produce oxygen, fix carbon, and ...
How To Grow Dragon’s Breath Macro Algae?
Dragon’s Breath macro algae is a red seaweed that reef keepers add for one reason first. It looks incredible. The deep red color moves in the flow and instantly changes ...
How to Turn Seaweed into Biofuel
Seaweed is showing up in energy discussions for a simple reason. It grows fast, needs no farmland, and already exists in huge quantities. In the Caribbean and Atlantic, sargassum piles ...
How to Extract Oil from Algae?
Algae oil does not start on land. It starts in water. That water could be a pond, a jar, or a lab container. Light hits the surface, and the water ...
How To Grow Microalgae In a Jar?
How to grow microalgae in a jar is usually something people run into by accident. A container turns green. An aquarium gets cloudy. A jar left near a window starts ...
How are Algae Different From Plants?
How are algae different from plants? Most people ask this when something in the water just looks green. A pond turns cloudy. Slimy mats spread across the surface. Seaweed piles ...
Chaeto Algae: How to Grow It Right
Chaeto algae appears in many reef tanks because it is effective. People usually pick up a small clump of Chaetomorpha, toss it into the fuge, and forget about it for ...
Cyano Algae: How to Identify and Remove It
Cyano algae is one of those things you notice in a tank or lake and think, “Hmm… that wasn’t there yesterday.” It can show up as a reddish, greenish, or ...
How To Use Algae Fertilizer
The thing about algae is, it’s packed. Not just with the usual stuff, there are trace elements, bits of organic material, and a bunch of tiny compounds that plants actually ...
How to Treat Red Algae in Pond?
You walk out one morning, and your pond looks like someone dumped rust in it. Yeah, that red stuff? Not dirt. Not leaves. It’s algae. Not the regular green kind, ...
How Does Seaweed Grow in the Ocean?
Seaweed is often mistaken for a simple marine plant, but it’s actually a diverse group of macroalgae that thrives in oceans across the world. Unlike land plants, seaweeds have no ...