Who Was That Masked Man? Thanks Dr. Tim!
Ray,
He is one and the same person. He used to do quite a bit of speaking at conventions and such for fish folk, but I do not know if he still does. I have not heard of him being on the east Coast in quite some time.
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> —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > Raymond Wetzel > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:23 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Who Was That Masked Man? Thanks Dr. Tim! > > While familiarizing the group with what Dr. Hovanec has accomplished > for the hobby, I believe he is the same Tim Hovanec who served on the > ACA’s BOT in the early 1990’s (1992 & 1993) and perhaps later — I > don’t quite remember. In any event, a pleasure to have him as a > member here. Ray > > > > — In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, “Lenny V. aka GoldLenny” > wrote: > > > > That was actually the real Dr. Tim Hovanec.. from Dr. Tim’s Aquatics > > http://www.drtimsaquatics.com, the inventor of the Bio-Wheel, Bio- > Spira and > > now, Dr. Tim’s One And Only. I emailed him off-list about the > current > > thread and he replied to me and then replied to the group. How > cool is that > > to have such a noted industry expert as a member. I just got done > reading > > his article about the Zeolite used for ammonia removal, > Clinoptilolite (and > > we thought Zeolite was a hard name.. lol) and the pluses and > minuses of > > using it.. mostly minuses. > > > http://drtimsaquatics.com/Library_Presentations/Aquarium_Lit/assets/Cl > inopti > > lolite.pdf > > > > But back to the One and Only… I think if it only gets really cold > during > > shipping, it would be OK but if it freezes, then that kills the > bacteria… > > after all, it should be refrigerated if you don’t use the entire > bottle > > after opening. Yes, the bottles have date codes on them and have a > six > > month shelf life at room temp. Just have DrsFosterSmith.com or > whoever you > > order from put a little heat pack in the box.. not right next to > the bottle > > though… and you should be OK. The heat packs are really > inexpensive and > > they use them when the ship live fish. > > > > And I like how he stands by his product too… offering a > replacement to the > > OP without a hitch. > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the > right > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, > Month) > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On > > Behalf Of bill1433 > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:20 PM > > To: AquaticLife > > Subject: [AquaticLife] Who Was That Masked Man? Thanks Dr. Tim! > > > > I think that guy (Dr. Tim,tinyfish95021,) just saved me a bit of > money. > > > > His description about his product makes perfect sense, its living. > > So if you have an extremely cold weather shipment ( like is folks > here in > > the frozen Northeast of Pennsylvania), coming from some mail order > supplier > > and the stuff gets frozen solid there¢s every chance in the world > that the > > bacteria will be dead and thus be rendered useless! Food for > thought here > > folks. > > > > Also it would follow that the product needs to have some sort of > code date > > to determine its age which if memory serves, is 6 months. > > > > Thanks Dr. Tim! > > > > Bill > > > >
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