Some of the old-school reefers (or if you had a freshwater tank) must remember using Bio-Balls, Ceramics or Siporax for bacteria fixation about 10 or more years ago. The disadvantage pointed at that time was that these media will enhance the production of [...]
At some point or another all aquarists have seen and come into contact with Cyanobacteria. Even though it is sometimes referred to as “Slime Algae” it is in fact a photosynthetic bacteria and some believe it to be the “primordial ooze” from which life first awkwardly [...]
