Aeration of an aquarium is one of the most important aspects of husbandry to pay attention to. But what about the quality of the air our tanks “breathe” for aeration? It’s the same air we breathe, so we should know something about it. But how much do we all really know? First some basic numbers […]
Metagenomic sequencing of marine periphyton: taxonomic and functional insights into biofilm communities Front. Microbiol., 29 October 2015 Sec. Aquatic Microbiology Volume 6 – 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01192 Kemal Sanli1Johan Bengtsson-Palme2R. Henrik Nilsson1Erik Kristiansson3Magnus Alm Rosenblad4Hans Blanck1Karl M. Eriksson5* Full Article Available. We conclude that marine periphyton communities harbor a vast diversity of organisms and metabolic strategies. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01192
“5. Conclusions
Our results indicate that infestations of […] the gill parasite A. ocellatum can be avoided if a defined pattern of water quality is kept within production ponds with a defined fish stocking level. This pattern of water quality can be achieved by water renewal with night tides, which should be carried out by considering the dissolved oxygen values in production ponds.”
What?
Velvet can be avoided.
It is not inevitable.
Even in a scenario where it’s commonplace.
How?
Stocking levels matter.
Water quality (not our definition*) matters.
This is something I (and others) have been stating for years — mostly against stiff opposition in social media forums. (Folks who generally see infections as inevitable and chemical treatments as mandatory….which they are if you don’t know or heed this info.)
Biological control of aragonite formation in stony corals Stanislas Von Euw1, Qihong Zhang, Viacheslav Manichev, Nagarajan Murali, Juliane Gross, Leonard C. Feldman, Torgny Gustafsson, Carol Flach, Richard Mendelsohn, Paul G. Falkowski Science 02 Jun 2017: Vol. 356, Issue 6341, pp. 933-938 DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6371 PDF and full text available at main article link above. […]mineral precipitation in corals is a biologically controlled process mediated by […]
