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black Staghorn blue green Cyanobacteria Nostoc The typical ‘cyan’ colour originates from a mix of chlorophyll A & phycocyanobilin. green Aegagropila "Marimo Ball" algae Chara Pediastrum

green water Why is my tank greeen? When people say their aquarium water is "grey" because they have a bacterial bloom, it always surprises them to look at the water under a scope and see this. No, that's not bacteria, that's the precursor to green water. nutrients 2002 Bachman Relations between trophic state indicators and plant biomass in "Rather than nutrient concentrations controlling macrophyte abundance, it seems that macrophytes acted to modify nutrient concentrations." Bachman, 2002. sucession Refs