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    Monthly Archives for December 2008

    It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

    The VSV Method | FAQ

    Lately there has been an unusual amount of questions regarding the carbon dosing method I created called VSV for its three ingredients–Vodka, Sugar, and Vinegar. Carbon dosing works, and for the first time it is gaining acceptance. However, across the internet I am seeing carbon dosing becoming a band aid or used without fully understanding what [...]

    December 15, 2008
    | eric michael | bacterioplankton, misc | 5 Comments

    Pieter van Suijlekom’s Non-Photosynthetic Reef

    Pieter is best known by aquarists for his beautiful 6m curved glass reef. It was February 2006′s Tank of the Month and pushed the bar even higher for large reef aquariums. This aquarium and the one I am about to show you is located in Vlaardingen just south of Holland. If you have never been to [...]

    December 12, 2008
    | eric michael | bacterioplankton | Tags: , , | 4 Comments

    ATB | New Standard Line, Sicce PSK like you’ve never seen

    Aquarium Technik Burian, otherwise known as ATB, is coming out with a new standard line of competitively priced cone skimmers, titled the ATB Econo series.  What has me the most intrigued is the new Sicce based Airstar pump that Anton has churned out for this new line. The Sicce PSK 2500 is known as an [...]

    December 11, 2008
    | eric michael | protein skimmer | Tags: , | 7 Comments

    Zeozym Quasi-Update

    A few people did not catch the twitter message I sent out today, so I’ll give a brief update on the two doses of Zeozym so far. This product has not been discussed much until recently and has spurred numerous e-mails in regards to its effectiveness and our experiences so far. If you missed the first [...]

    December 10, 2008
    | eric michael | bacterioplankton, the glassbox | 9 Comments

    New Chaetodon for the Glassbox | Receiving & Acclimating

    12:00 AM Hello all, Today I’ll be running around as a new Chaetodon (Butterflyfish) arrives for the glassbox. I’ll be giving more frequent updates on the fly via Twitter and Flickr, but will do my best to update this post as well to journal the acclimation etc. If you leave comments or tweets I’ll also [...]

    December 9, 2008
    | eric michael | fish, the glassbox | 12 Comments

    Treating for AEFW with ReVive

     While far from a disaster, I would not call it a success… yet. Here is my hopefully brief encounter with Acropora Eating Flatworms.  Rewind to about 4 months ago,  I had seen what looked like bite marks on the underside of an Acropora nana fragment. The bites never noticeably spread and I initally attributed the discoloration to shading [...]

    December 8, 2008
    | eric michael | the glassbox | 4 Comments