Dr. Tim Hovanec
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This man discovered the correct two species of nitrifying bacteria used in aquariums to break down ammonia in nitrite and then nitrite into nitrate and the invention of the BIOWheel® filter device.
He is the inventor of BioSpira (now called SafeStart) and the BIOWheel®, when employed by the Aquaria Group of companies, including Marineland Labs, and later went on to develop One and Only, a bacteria seeding bottle.
Home page[edit]
- Dr. Tim's Aquatics
- Marineland Labs in 2004 (Archive link)
- Curriculum vitae in 2004 for Dr. Timothy A. Hovanec (Archive link)
- The BIOWheel Story as in 2004 (Archive link)
Links[edit]
- An interview with Dr. Timothy A. Hovanec
- The First 30 Days (of a new aquarium) by Dr. Tim Hovanec
- Dr. Tim's Library - with lots of articles on fishkeeping (archived link May 2007)
- Dr. Tim Hovanec talks on Bluezoo Radio - (42mins in)
