Aquarium Industry News & Education

Cyanobacteria is a bacteria that does photosynthesis. This isn’t a scientific paper so I’m not going to describe how it does this. All you need to know is that it is ugly and tends to show up during periods where you are not keeping up with the tank like you should be. Still, it can sometimes show up on little patches even in well taken care of tanks. It’s usually a slimy, deep brownish red substance that tries to carpet the rock work and your substrate. The easiest way to take care of it is to …