Forum: Aquatic Microbiology

Hi all, Since two days I'm having a nice case of new tank syndrome, it looks like someone put half a litre of milk in there. I'm changing 50% of...

Hi, My tank water is cloudy recently and it looks like green water although the first time it looks like white cloud but gradually turn to green...

Hello all, My tank is about 2 months old and for about the last 2 weeks I have thread algae slightly grown on almost all my plants but especially...

Hey everyone, this is my first post on The Barr Report. I've read up quite a bit, but cant seem to find some information! Basically I'm setting...

Starting up a new aquarium and i don't have space for a quarantine tank in my room, putting my cleaning crew and dither fish straight into the...

and what Influence their growth rates: Algal cultures and phytoplankton ecology - Google Books I have Andersen's book, but this one is not...

Phytoecology1 A good site. Give it a read. Regards, Tom Barr

I have a 50 gallon coldwater tank. I get my water from a well and the total gas pressure of CO2 is too high and acts as an oxygen inhibitor (killing...

Hi, I am using ECO Complete planted Substrate in my aquarium and it's now about a year old. I am just wandering do you advice replacing the...

Hi, An Aquarium water purifier made by Philips is recently available. It should kill bacteria, viruses, fungi etc. Works on ozone. See this link:...

I came across this product H2O Pure which is supposed to provide fast(er) cycling by providing needed bacteria to a new tank. I was just wondering...

I am running a 180 litre heavily planted tank. The tank has been set up for over two months and has already passed through the brown algae stage for...

Hello, Small problem with my nano CRS-shrimp tank. Things seems to go well, if I do daily WC 25% or every other day WC 50%. If I don't, the...

Hope a few gurus could help me out, seems im plague again with problems. Going to detail every regime, hopefully some bros could help pinpoint my ...

Hi All, My planted tank of 45 gallons is more than weeks old. I had introduced 7 rummynose tetra's a week back after a quarantine of 1 week. ...

i've started nearly 20 tanks in my life and have not come accross this. white fuzz growing on the rocks and is spreading, fast! it's about 1 to 2 mm...

Aquatic Microbiology studies the ecology of micro-organisms in aquatic environments. Aquatic micro-organisms include viruses, bacteria,...

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0024-3590%28199705%2942%3A3%3C529%3ANADITR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4&size=LARGE Read the second page, 1st paragraph, about...

This is a rather old paper and the plant is rather slow growing. However, the study was done well and details out the effects and issues surrounding...

http://wetlands.ifas.ufl.edu/publications/PDF-articles/96.pdf this should be accessible for folks. Regards, Tom Barr