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  • The answer lies here: The key to habitats for marine algae is light for photosynthesis--the ability to synthesize carbohydrates using energy from the sun. What physical conditions promote photosynthesis and allow plant growth and reproduction? The critical aspects are light, water quality and temperature, availability of carbon and other essential nutrients, and depth or tidal exposure.
  • When manual removal doesn't work... "Tridachia crispa, the Sea Lettuce Slug, is a hardy specialist predator of Bryopsis and is available from aquaculturing facilities such as Inland Aquatics. However,it is a true specialist and will perish after all the alga has been consumed unless an effort is made to culture or otherwise provide the alga for its comsumption." http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_algae.htm

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