albertthiel Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Diodon holocanthus: an Endearing Puffer for Spacious Aquariums http://www.saltwatersmarts.com/porcupine-pufferfish-diodon-holocanthus-endearing-for-spacious-aquariums-6270/ Albert Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Need help from a Fellow Hobbyists ? http://www.saltwatersmarts.com/need-help-from-fellow-hobbyists-dont-spare-details-6263/ Albert Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The blue glare from my TMC Reef Blue Aquaray was annoying me when I was sitting down looking at my tank so I came up with a DIY solution. I bought a short length of white squareline uttering and cut out a section of the beveled side. I fixed that to the Aquaray(which in turn is connected to my white Hydra 26) with a long strip of Velcro. Doesn't look so bad and now there is no more glare when I am sitting watching my tank. BTW you can use white guttering to house T5 tubes and being white it helps reflect the light down. 2 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I love these guys 4 Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I love these guys Yeah I have one that lives in my RBTA he flips from one to the other seeing as they are close together. Always waves to me when I approach the tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The blue glare from my TMC Reef Blue Aquaray was annoying me when I was sitting down looking at my tank so I came up with a DIY solution. I bought a short length of white squareline uttering and cut out a section of the beveled side. I fixed that to the Aquaray(which in turn is connected to my white Hydra 26) with a long strip of Velcro. Doesn't look so bad and now there is no more glare when I am sitting watching my tank. BTW you can use white guttering to house T5 tubes and being white it helps reflect the light down. Nice DIY jobbie Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Yeah I have one that lives in my RBTA he flips from one to the other seeing as they are close together. Always waves to me when I approach the tank. Mine texts me. 3 Quote Link to comment
uwphoto Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just started going through this thread. Went to http://www.athiel.com/and signed/paid for a year's subscription, but I still cant access any of the articles. Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just started going through this thread. Went to http://www.athiel.com/and signed/paid for a year's subscription, but I still cant access any of the articles. Let me check. What name was used when payment was made and approx how long ago ? Albert Just started going through this thread. Went to http://www.athiel.com/and signed/paid for a year's subscription, but I still cant access any of the articles. If you went to athiel.com I would not have gotten the payment. The correct site is www.nanoreefs.info Request a refund from Paypal if that is what you used. Go to the above web site and order from there and I will give you access to all the Newsletters that have been published The athiel.com site is no longer mine and has not been for years and years ... and so I am not even sure where your payment went Hope this helps Albert Quote Link to comment
uwphoto Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The transaction was through PayPal. Trying to correct it now. Thanks for your follow up. Quote Link to comment
DurocShark Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I talked to the guy that owns athiel now. He seems interested in doing something with the site, but is trying to figure out what. Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The transaction was through PayPal. Trying to correct it now. Thanks for your follow up. Ok thanks for letting me know Albert I talked to the guy that owns athiel now. He seems interested in doing something with the site, but is trying to figure out what.If you talk to him again tell him pls to contact me at a.thiel@att.net Thanks Albert 1 Quote Link to comment
DurocShark Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Ok thanks for letting me know Albert If you talk to him again tell him pls to contact me at a.thiel@att.net Thanks Albert I did. I'm assuming he never reached out to you? 1 Quote Link to comment
uwphoto Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Had my money refunded and will now go to the proper site! Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I did. I'm assuming he never reached out to you? Thanks No he never contacted me I appreciate your help Albert Had my money refunded and will now go to the proper site! Thanks again. Thanks. Glad that worked out. I appreciate it Albert Quote Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Nice DIY jobbie Albert beautiful tank!! 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Had my money refunded and will now go to the proper site! Thanks again. Here is the direct link for the Newsletter ordering : http://nanoreefs.info/nano-reef-newsletter/nano-reef-newsletter-sign-up Basically the easiest way is to transfer $ 17.50 to my paypal account a.thiel@att.net Thanks Albert Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Paul, Albert and all this might interest you, I have added my tuppence worth to the debate. Like Paul I make much of my own foods so I was interested in what response if any I would get if any at all. I did get a response just a short one as you will read. http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/frozen-fish-food-and-the-new-fda-law-you-need-to-read-this.233016/#post-2716494 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Paul, Albert and all this might interest you, I have added my tuppence worth to the debate. Like Paul I make much of my own foods so I was interested in what response if any I would get if any at all. I did get a response just a short one as you will read. http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/frozen-fish-food-and-the-new-fda-law-you-need-to-read-this.233016/#post-2716494 Wow there sure is a lot of information there Les It will take some time to "digest" it all Albert 1 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I don't know if you noticed but there are an awefully lot of people posting on disease forums. Why is that? Fish in the sea are almost always healthy until someone puts them in a tank. I have been diving since the early 70s and don't remember ever seeing a sick fish on a reef. How many fish refuse to eat while in a tank? Way to many. How many fish live long enough to die of old age in a tank? Very very few. Why is that? I think I know. The only thing I think I do that may be different from many people in regard to fish health is to feed food every day that has living bacteria in it. Why is that important? It is important because it is the gut bacteria in the fish, and all living creatures that determine the state of health the fish is going to be. Not the water parameters but the gut bacteria. Gut bacteria in fish is directly responsible for the condition of the immune system and the immune system is directly responsible for the fishes health. In humans it is also partly responsible for mental health, moods and the risk of obesity and cancer. It also helps manufacture vitamins such as vitamin B and K. We don't normally think of gut bacteria until we kill it off by either drinking to much alcohol or taking antibiotics. That hangover is partly due to the of dying of bacteria. Antibiotics have the unfortunate habbit of only killing some strains of bacteria while leaving others unscathed. After taking some antibiotics it could take up to a year for our bacterial flora to return to normal levels. I am not sure how quickly it occurs in fish. The study of gut bacteria in humans and to a lesser extent fish has recently brought about some interesting insights. Experiments are being done by transfering gut bacteria from healthy people to people with all sorts of maladys and in many cases the bacteria returns the ill person to health. They found that if they take stomach flora from an obese rat and put it in a normal rat, the normal mouse becomes obese. That in itself is, to me anyway, totally astonishing and opens up an entire new world of research. This even happened to a person. In trying to cure a disease, they took gut bacteria from a healthy person and deposited it into the stomach of a sick person. But the doner was obese. Guess what happened? Not only was the sick person cured, but he became obese also. Gut bacteria is probably 2/3rds of the mass in the colon of us humans and probably also in fish. They compromise over 1,000 species of bacteria and the population of bacteria is unique and different in every fish. Gut bacteria is largly determined by what the fish is eating including what types of bacteria and in what condition it is in. We (and fish) have ten times more bacterial genes in us than human genes. We humans aquire gut bacteria from our Mothers as soon as we are born through breast feeding. It is now known that babies that are fed on formula do not have the correct gut bacteria and are at much more of a risk for allergies later in life. Fish fry get their first dose of gut bacteria from the Mother while they are still in the egg and that is how tiny fry can live in a soup of diseases and parasites as they grow. One reason why so many people have so much trouble keeping fish healthy is because they feed nothing but dry, sterile foods. Dry foods have all been sterilized through the process of drying or they have preservatives added. If dry food had bacteria in it, it would go bad very quickly and most bacteria (like everything else) needs moisture to live. If you feed nothing but dry foods I believe you should add some frozen or fresh food to the diet. Why can I put fish in my tank from anywhere without quarantining with no fear of a disease while some tanks are ich magnets and no matter what they do, they can't keep fish alive. I think it is due to the correct gut bacteria that my fish get every day through live worms, or frozen foods such as clams which are filter feeders and are loaded with bacteria. Or as many people like to say, I am "lucky" and have been for 40 years. If you are the type of person that quarantines, I believe you should be feeding types of foods that have living bacteria in them. Frozen foods have bacteria in them in a dormant state that should revive as the food warms up. Live foods such as worms, brine shrimp, mosqueto larvae etc are also full of bacteria although some live foods would be better than others nutritionally. Remember we should not only focus on the nutritional value of a food, but maybe even more important, the bacterial population as that is the key to fishes health and more importantly, our own. For the many people that don't believe in any of this, think it is fantasy or that I made it up because I have nothing to do, just google Gut Bacteria and how it effects health. 4 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks Paul for this in depth and detailed explanation of their importance Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thank you Albert. I got some of that from here http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/290747.php and some from other articles that deal more with fish. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thank you Albert. I got some of that from here http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/290747.php and some from other articles that deal more with fish. Excellent. Great overview with lots of addl info Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yes I sometimes can get wordy. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yes I sometimes can get wordy. ? ? Quote Link to comment
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