Any new interesting products fro breeders?

[MimicTang]

Wondering if anyone's seen anything interesting that might help lessen time devoted to breeding or simplifying setups.

 

[ediaz]

I saw a cool hydrometer that goes in the tank that has a termometer from read sea, and mardel has something like the ammonia badge but actually gives a reading.

I have been toying with Lifeguard from AS, its a non antibiotic medication basically and oxidizer like getting away with adding bleach to the tank but in a safe way, so far great results.

Havent seen anything else ...

 

[marinebetta]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9012119#post9012119 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ediaz
I saw a cool hydrometer that goes in the tank that has a termometer from read sea, and mardel has something like the ammonia badge but actually gives a reading.

I have been toying with Lifeguard from AS, its a non antibiotic medication basically and oxidizer like getting away with adding bleach to the tank but in a safe way, so far great results.

Havent seen anything else ...

Ed,

Lifeguard sounds really interesting....

What are you using it for - larval tanks? broodstock? disinfecting BBS? treatment of dz?

Seen any deleterious effects on inverts in the tanks? eg pods, bristleworms, shrimp etc.

Got to see if I can find any...

 

[ediaz]

I use it for larvae, rotifer and artemia enrichment, no adverse effects.

I saw that in a magazine and sounded too good to be true, kills bacteria fungus and viruses, it claims.

I contacted Dr. Hovanec who does research for marineland labs who owns Insatant Ocean who makes Lifeguard and he happens to be an expert in bacteria specially nitrifiyng bacteria,

My idea was since I use antibiotics for the dottybacks and have to change water every day since I can't hook up the tank to the system because this will create a resistant bacterial strain, with this as he explains is just an oxidizer much like ozone or bleach in a measured safe concentration. Now I add it to the tanks and the next morning I open the water from the system to do a change.

He mentioned certain invertebrates, some soft corals may be harmed by it.

Ed

 

[marinebetta]

So, if I get this right, the lifeguard will exhaust itself after a day, so when you flush it into the system it will not affect the nitrifying bacteria? I suppose it will kill nitrifying bac if it gets in contact with them - an antiseptic that kills all bad stuff whilst not affecting the good stuff is really too good to be true!

I googled the active ingredient and it seems that one really major application in our case would be in the fabric bound product. Imagine binding the product to filter floss or a similar filter mat - it'll disinfect you water as well as trap out particulates. Then after it's exhausted, just recharge it with a dilute chlorine solution! Why....maybe even regular tap water chlorine might be sufficient to recharge it - rinse out the filter floss then pop it right back in for another x months of filtering and disinfecting!:eek1:

Good for us, not good for the people trying to sell product

 

[David M]

I went to the AS site to look at Lifeguard. The product description contains this:

"For use in freshwater aquariums..."

What gives?

 

[marinebetta]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9025223#post9025223 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by David M
I went to the AS site to look at Lifeguard. The product description contains this:

"For use in freshwater aquariums..."

What gives?

I think Jungle does the freshwater "version" and IO does the saltwater one. Really the same product - more shelf space....same packaging except for a different fish pic