Introduction: This article covers the equipment that I utilize in my current quarantine tank. I address commonly asked questions for newly cycled and existing QT setups. In addition, I touch upon the trusted medications that I keep on hand, helpful links, and trusted vendors for pre-quarantined fish.
Image of my current quarantine tank that successfully housed five fish for a twelve week period.
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MY QUARANTINE EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW FOR UNDER $175
- Two (2) Fluval C Power HOB...
An RO membrane forces molecules through a semipermeable membrane (certain substances can pass through but not others) to form a less concentrated solution then you started with. The inside of the membrane looks like so:
Some of the things an RO membrane can filter out are:
Lead
Copper
Arsenic
Nitrates and Nitrites
Chromium
Selenium
Fluoride
Radium
Barium
Cadmium
TDS
The filters on an RO/DI filter are called stages. The first few stages consist of prefilters that help protect the RO...
Introduction
It was almost 20 years ago when I first introduced the Fresh Water Dip (FWD) protocol for the treatment of Pinched Mantle Disease (PMD). Over the years, many reefers altered the protocol somewhat but, on the whole, it still is the only tried and true way to treat PMD, a universally fatal disease if untreated. FWD is effective for PMD as described below. However, it is not the treatment of all clams that do not look well. It is very important that the diagnosis is correct in...
TRITON Applied Reef Bioscience US Lab officially opens with free return shipping on ICP-OES water analysis.
America - The wait is over!
As of January 20th, US consumers can have their water tested and results uploaded within as little as 48HRS!
The grand opening of our long awaited TRITON Lab at Unique Corals in Los Angeles has finally arrived. Customers can enjoy water analysis results and TRITON’s unique AI recommendations within 48 hours of samples being received at our Los Angeles...
The Psychology of Reefing, part 2 "The therapeutic effect".
Expanded upon the first article "The Psychology of Reefing" that I wrote some time ago, there are other emotions and physical effects that we go through keeping an aquarium in our homes, that is just as important and touches upon a wide variety of emotions, feelings and physical effects. This is an expansion of that and is needed to be talked about.
The therapeutic effect.
Our daily lives are full of stress, requirements...
Calcium reactor is a very efficient and cheap way to add Ca, Alkalinity and trace elements to our reef aquariums, especially those that require high level of Ca and Alkalinity input light large SPS and clam tanks. In order to supply this high level, one needs a huge Calcium reactor, or else a very efficient Calcium reactor. After thinking about this and messing around with my reactors for many years, I came up with a modification that will maximize the production of a Calcium reactor with...
The Microbial Community in a Professional Coral Aquaculture System
A discussion with Adam Derickson of BattleCorals
Eli Meyer, AquaBiomics
EM: Ever since I started trying to grow corals, I’ve been awed by some reef-keepers’ abilities to duplicate a coral reef ecosystem in their living rooms. You know the reef tanks I’m talking about, the ones filled with bushy colonies of Acropora growing so fast the tips are almost sticking out of the water. After years of reading and comparing notes with...
PART 4 "GETTING IT RIGHT" COLORIMETRIC INSTRUMENTAL TESTING METHODS (DIGITAL)
As we turn our attention to the use of digital testers (Colorimeters) such as the HANNA CHECKER, most of the same elements necessary for good precision and accuracy that exist in Visual Testing also exist in Digital Testing. Digital Testing methods have the same two steps as the Visual method: Evaluation (The Chemistry) and Assessment. Evaluation is the test procedure itself and Assessment is the determination of...
