Controlling algae

Controlling algae is an urgent topic. From the material in the following pages within this folder you'll get an outline of the battle, which is fought along eight main fronts, viz: physical control, limiting nutrients, allelopathic chemistry, the control of light, algicidal chemicals and flocculants, oxidizers including the Clorox Dip,  algae-eaters visible and invisible and biomanipulation.
 
But a certain amount of inoffensive algal growth is natural in the aquarium. So, before algal frustration gets you too wild and violent, read Karen Randall's article "Living with algae... since you can't get rid of it" and George Booth's permissive article on algae as friend as well as foe, in a balanced ecosystem that includes various algae eaters. Both are archived  at the indispensible Krib.