Not all items that appear online are available in store.

Log in Register

News

February 20, 2019 by Andrew Titterton

ERGASILUS – PARASITIC DISEASE

SYMPTOMS: Scraping on substrate or décor Whitish green threads coming from gills Like Anchor Worm but smaller. Attacks gills and not the skin. T...

February 20, 2019 by Andrew Titterton

Dropsy - Raised Scales

SYMPTOMS: Body bloating Protruding scales Dropsy is bacterial infection of the kidneys, which causes fluid to accumulate. This fluid builds up an...

December 02, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Dinoflagellates

Dinoflagellates are a long stringy sticky nightmare with air bubbles. They are toxic and come in a variety of colours.

Read more

November 15, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Pond Substrate and Gravel

Ive had a few customers recently enquiring about pond vacuums and how to clean their substrate. My first question to them is who told you to put su...

November 05, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Cloudy Eye Treatments

CLOUDY EYE WHAT CAUSED THIS CONDITION? : A bacterial infection is the most likely cause If the specimen has one cloudy eye, an injury may be the c...

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Rhodophyta (Red or Macro Algae)

Red kelp and coralline are the two most common types of red algae. These are a macro algae and consume the same nutrients that micro algae do.

Read more

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Green Hair Algae

GHA starts as flat green spots on your live rock and quickly develops into a green hairy mess. GHA like all other plants needs nitrates, phosphates and light to survive.

Read more

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Diatoms

Diatoms are a source of food for your fish and produce oxygen and limit carbon dioxide. They are brown and crusty.

Read more

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Cyanobacteria

This is not really an algae but a form of bacteria. Cyanobacteria can present as green, purple, black or red slime.

Read more

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Caulerpa Algae

Caulerpa is a macro algae which is beneficial to reef systems as it consumes phosphates and nitrates while producing oxygen. It is best kept in a refugium, but it comes at a price and is not recommended as a method of macroalgae filtration.

Read more

September 26, 2018 by Andrew Titterton

Bryopsis Algae

Often introduced to tanks by live rock, most of your cleanup crew won’t touch these algae, so you will need another method to eliminate it.

Read more

Page 2 of 2
Previous
Next

AUSTRALIAN OWNED

real family business

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING

excludes fish & aquariums

Order anything online

24 hours a day

ADVICE & diagnostics

ponds and aquariums