I am trying to understand more about black brush algae. The first thing I would like to understand is exactly how it comes to be present in an aquarium in the first place.
1. Is BBA present, as spores, at all times in the air (i.e. we 'breath' it in all the time)?
2. Or, is BBA an algae that can only be introduced into an aquarium?
3. What conditions 'trigger' an outbreak of BBA?
4. What conditions nurture the ongoing 'take over' of BBA?
5. As a hypothetical experiment, imagine that I deliberately wanted to culture BBA - how would I go about doing this?
6. It appears that there is a great deal of confusion as to whether certain fish will eat this stuff. Manual removal is also extremely time consuming. I manually remove it and it keeps coming back - obviously I need to understand the answers to question 3/4 above better.
Scott.
1. Is BBA present, as spores, at all times in the air (i.e. we 'breath' it in all the time)?
2. Or, is BBA an algae that can only be introduced into an aquarium?
3. What conditions 'trigger' an outbreak of BBA?
4. What conditions nurture the ongoing 'take over' of BBA?
5. As a hypothetical experiment, imagine that I deliberately wanted to culture BBA - how would I go about doing this?
6. It appears that there is a great deal of confusion as to whether certain fish will eat this stuff. Manual removal is also extremely time consuming. I manually remove it and it keeps coming back - obviously I need to understand the answers to question 3/4 above better.
Scott.