New aquarium owners often face a common issue: a dusty brown film on surfaces. This isn't true algae but diatoms, microscopic ...

Have you ever happened across a body of water completely covered in a mysterious green slime? What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms ...

Every home aquarium owner knows the importance of keeping a tank clean. Contaminated water is the quickest way to spread ...