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[DKO]

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SEVERAL popular Sydney beaches, including the iconic Bondi, resembled scenes out of a apocalyptic film today after an algae bloom turned the water blood red.

Patches of the red algae, a natural phenomenon that can be exacerbated by certain weather conditions, were sighted between Bondi Beach and Maroubra Beach this morning.

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Edited by DKO, 27 November 2012 - 11:35 AM.

[Darkwind]

We get that in Florida sometimes.  Kills a lot of fish.   I think pollution plays a role in it as well as weather.

[LiveForTomorrow]

Its beautiful, but if its being cause by human activity than thats another story.

[with bells on]

i was going to go swimming at Clovelly on thursday.. wont be doing that now.. eek!!

[27vet]

Red tide is a common event and makes fish inedible and beaches are usually closed for swimming.

[Junior Chubb]

Biblical stuff!!!!

Not really, just a natural phenomena...

[Sundew]

I once had a 15 gallon fresh water aquarium I was cycling turn blood red overnight, and just as suddenly the next day it was clear again. I believe the organisms responsible are dinoflagellates, but I did not expect to see them in fresh water or an aquarium. As they are know to give off toxins I did several water changes before adding any fish.

These red tides can be deadly to sea life. Once while in Sarasota, Florida I saw first hand what one can do, thousands of dead fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other organisms dead and rotting all over the beach. The stench was terrible and the red tide itself makes it hard to breath and burns the eyes if you are near the water.

[CuriousGreek]

Sundew, on 28 November 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

I once had a 15 gallon fresh water aquarium I was cycling turn blood red overnight, and just as suddenly the next day it was clear again. I believe the organisms responsible are dinoflagellates, but I did not expect to see them in fresh water or an aquarium. As they are know to give off toxins I did several water changes before adding any fish.

These red tides can be deadly to sea life. Once while in Sarasota, Florida I saw first hand what one can do, thousands of dead fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other organisms dead and rotting all over the beach. The stench was terrible and the red tide itself makes it hard to breath and burns the eyes if you are near the water.

If that's so, then humans' action is not responsible for these red tides, right?