Image credits

Photos and videos on this site were taken by Dr. Mendez unless the caption says otherwise. I am very grateful to the aquarists who shared their images so that others can learn from them.

Photos from other aquarists

Photos and videos from 8 aquarists appear on this site. To protect their privacy, 5 of them are credited only as "a hobbyist", with no name or location, in the captions.

Credited by name at their request: Amy Bertelli, Dr. Bobby Ortiz (@dogtor_bob on Instagram), Sanjay Joshi.

A few equipment photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons: Ivan Bachev (CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), Francis Flinch (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), Ernst Haeckel (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons), Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Reusing images

Individual photographers keep the rights to their pictures. Non-commercial, educational use is welcome with a clear credit line and a link back to AlgaeID.com, for example: "Image courtesy of Dr. Mendez (AlgaeID.com)". Please do not use images in paid advertising, merchandise, or promotional print material, and please do not transfer or license them to third parties without asking first. For anything else, or for a contributor's image, email me and I will put you in touch.