Recent content by Dr.Danio

don't know much about it, but my lab buys equipment from Aquatic Eco Systems, and they sell stuff. check this page out. http://www.aquaticeco.com/aquatic1v1/dir2.icl?secid=10&subsecid=63&orderidentifier=ID1075588514406472774 HTH

ok, back to work on monday. wow, alot or replies... nice first things first.. DO NOT PUT DRY ICE IN A SEALED CONTAINER that is unless you want an explosion. seriously, the ppl that talk about DI bombs are right. more about the chemistry and a few more experiments after class.

was it refrigerated at the store? probably not. the only reason that they say to refrigerate it is because it could turn into a major bacterial swamp, and the refrigeration will keep that to a minimal. just don't put any tank water back into the bottle and you should be fine without...

temp did not change at all. and yes, i do know the nature of the pH scale... and the pH is back to normal, the fish look fine, and everything else looks peachy. now to wait till tomorow and see how the plants look.

seeing as this is the kind of thing that I do for a living and the fish weren't designed for entertainment purposes anyway, I think that its a great way to fund the Zhiyuan Gong lab. The reason you can't sell them yourself isn't because 5d tropical has a patent, its because the researchers do...

autoclave it. what you don't have an pressurized autoclave with wet steam setting down the hall?

ok. results are in. 10 gallon tank, temp 80, pH 6.0. Added 1.0 grams of dry ice (probably less because its from yesterday and had a good bit of condensed vapor/real ice on it.) and tested pH every 30 seconds with a constant readout digital pH meter. T= x min 0- 5.98 .5- 5.61 *added ice 1-...

as for safety: its really freaking cold, don't hold it in your bare hands for too long. otherwise its not dangerous besides its temperature, I put it in warm soda to cool it down quick. as for water chemistry, it will do absolutely nothing different than adding CO² any other way. if you have...

for those of you who don't know, dry ice is awesome. If you didn't know that then you probably also don't know that its frozen solid CO². I work in a molecular biology lab and we get shipments a few times a week that are packed in dry ice. Besides a few thousand Zebra Danios in the Matrix we...

well to jump in here, now that everyone is crazy-go-nuts over this plan, where are you buying the plants? from said family member or from an online store? i'm in the process of redesigning a tank and have similar dillusions of grandeur.

This is my first venture into the salty boards section here... So i've read just about every discussion on and off this site about live rock and where to buy and whats good and how much you need and which base and blah blah blah. NOW i think i'm educated enough to make a decision. and my...

bet its hydra. sounds just like my problem. soon to be solved. sorry i'm digging this from the depths, but its spot on my problem. let us know if you've still got it.

ok, i did some SERIOUS research this time. I went to a professor in the earth science dept... and showed him my pictures... 3 things: 1. Nematodes 2. Hydra 3. <u>ROTIFERS!</u> so the bad news is that I have all kinds of critters and stuff growing on my plants and in my water. the great...

yeah, i posted it and went home to see what i could do about de-worming my tank... and i'm wondering where you got your Panacur from. I might stop by my vet today and ask for a sample or something... any advice would help. anyway, heres a few pictures.

ok, so my tank is alot healither than i thought. I'm just glad i don't feed them any live brine in that tank. lets just say I was wrong on a few counts and let the pictures speak for themselves.