This article was published 23/01/2017 (2595 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. In the world of aquariums, there are fish that serve a purpose other than just looking pretty ...

Brown algae is a common problem in many fish tanks, especially those that have been recently set up. It’s not dangerous to fish but can turn your beautiful aquarium into an ugly mess.

Hoy, owner of Shiner Shack fish farm in Bartow, is hauling his algae-eating pleco fish south to Wellington, near West Palm Beach, to clean up abandoned pools there.

Hundreds of dead fish washing up along a beach appear to have died from a fresh bloom of red tide, marine scientists say. Red tide, an algae that in high concentrations kills fish, may have reached… ...