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Yahoo Answers; is this a good place for Aquarium or other information?

The answer from an aquatic perspective is currently no.
Since they added the “Top Contributor” feature the answers have gotten even worse as people automatically vote or pick answers based on so called authority. In all modesty I have been in the hobb

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

y over 40 years and in a professional capacity for about 28 years, yet I continue to do research and not accept anecdotal advice (including my own) without research and tests. This hobby has enough myths that are passed around without them being compounded and accepted as fact due to Yahoo Answers. Yahoo Answers social comment

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

ing problem of posers acting like pros giving out poor advice is bad idea.

Here are a few “Best” Answers:

[1] Question:
What is the best UV Sterilizer for use in a 20 gallon tank and where can I order one online?

Answer:
A UV sterilizer might do more harm than good to a 20 gallon tank. The UV sterilizer will do

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

exactly that; sterilize almost everything that passes through it, bad bacteria and the good. In a 20 gallon tank your water will circulate so many times that you may be doing more harm than good. There are other ways of treating the water in your tank that might not be has extreme as a UV sterilizer.

TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY WR

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

ONG!

This a good example where caution needs to exercised not just on the internet, but at many so-called aquarium stores staffed by un-knowledgeable aquarists. This person probably has never even used one to make such an outrageous statement such as this. Often many aquatic forums are staffed by after work aquarium “experts

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

” who have not done their homework or worse, they are just plain dishonest. (This is not to say there are not a lot of good ones out there, but I have left a few after being flamed there by aquarists who knew nothing about which they were talking about).

I have spent 25 years studying, reading, and doing tank by tank comparis

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

ons in my aquarium maintenance business. A UV should be properly installed such as not to high or slow a flow rate. Also the watts per gallon have to be figured.

Another often missed aspect is the Redox Potential which research shows having a proper Redox Potential around 300 mV improves the water quality much the same a way

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

n anti-oxidant vitamin works. A UV sterilizer properly installed helps with this! Also in studies with goldfish (a very dirty fish), I have found vastly healthier fish in aquariums with UVs vs. without, all other aspects such as feeding and filtration equal.

Another incorrect point was about the “good and bad” bacteria. Aero

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

monas bacteria are common in most all aquariums and pond they are only “bad” when they become pathogenic due to an injured or weak fish, or very common, when water conditions are poor. “Good” bacteria such aerobic nitrifying bacteria can be “bad” when there is a bacterial bloom, as they rob oxygen from the fish, weakening fish

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

even more for other pathogens. In both scenarios, UV Sterilizers can help control.

For more well researched information about this subject (I will avoid the word correct, as this article is still regularly updated with new information): ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

k">ULTRAVIOLET STERILIZATION (How UV sterilization works)

[2] Question:
TetraMin flaked food is this sufficient for the fish (mainly tetra) or can I also add some other type of food every now and then?

“Top Contributor” Answer:

Tetramin flake makes a fine staple food for your fish. I would suggest you also add in

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

some frozen or freeze dried foods as well though as the fish would great benefit from that. Feed The flakes once a day, like in the morning and feed one of the other foods once a day , maybe in the evening... which ever works for you.

Comment:
What? TetraMin is high in cereal and has I have found in research for my main

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

tenance business, that good feeding practices (especially feeding QUALITY ingredient foods) is a major part of disease prevention.

[3] Question:
Whats a good silicone to reseal a fish tank? I just got a new octogon shaped fish tank but the sealent on some of the glass edges is peeling. The tank doesnt leak but I'd stil

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

l like to reseal it...are there any good products other than actual aquarium sealent that will work?

“Best Answer”
Yeah, you can use plain 100% rubber silicone sealant from Home Depot. Just make sure that it does not say Mildew Resistant. The aquarium-specific stuff you can apply when you tank is full of water; with the

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

home depot stuff, you have to wait till it's dry.

Comment:
This answer is not quite as bad, however this can be a dangerous answer in that someone could go to Home Depot and still purchase a 100% silicone product that may not work. Another “Top Contributor” gave much worse advice, luckily this person did not get picked (

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As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

or someone may have a lot of water on there floor).

SUMMARY;
I could go on (such as a person who is a “Top Contributor” that constantly states that all ich medications are dangerous and that only salt should be used, this is based on anecdotal advice that has know basis in real science; read this article: ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

//www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Ich.html" target="_blank">Aquarium Ich: Ichthyophthirius multifilis and Cryptocaryon irritans treatment, identification, and life cycle.)

My point is that the system allows for those who are good at a keyboard to suddenly become experts. One person that is the top contributor in

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

fish is even registered on an aquatics forum where I am at, yet he does not post. Why? Because in a real forum he would have to debate his answers and would not be able to find anecdotal answers on the internet and paste them and get away with it.

Personally, I would never ask a question in a subject I know nothing about the

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

re, Lord knows what the out come of the advice would be.

I will admit that someone contacted me about improving Yahoo answers, however at this time there has been no improvement (yes there are plenty of good answers, however anyone can cut and paste). Hopefully the thumbs down, top contributer, and overall competition format

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

(which is not seen in a normal forum where everyone re posts the same anecdotal advise), will soon be changed and I will have to eat my words.

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tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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