So just went to the rather lovely new Charterhouse Aquatics in East London. Where there is this tank:
(Sorry, iPhone pics only). Talked to the person who looks after it.
Very high CO2, not on a solenoid, switched on about 2hrs before lights on, sometimes forgotten about so goes a whole day without CO2 at all (!) and no consistency in injection rates - but as you can see from the drop checker, very high CO2 levels indeed...
Regular lean ADA dosing, with Aquasoil substrate
2ml excel dosed every 3 days
Almost no flow at all, and no surface movement
Very low stocking (just a few minnows)
RO water, 50% changed a week
What looked like pretty bright ADA solar lighting
This breaks lots of the 'rules' I've come to learn here and from my own experience around flow and CO2 consistency. But it's the closest I've ever seen to an Amano regime in real life. Looks pretty good to me. But if I tried it, I'd have an algae-fest for sure.
My main conclusion is how strongly it reinforces the 'high CO2 is everything' idea... What do people think?
(Sorry, iPhone pics only). Talked to the person who looks after it.
Very high CO2, not on a solenoid, switched on about 2hrs before lights on, sometimes forgotten about so goes a whole day without CO2 at all (!) and no consistency in injection rates - but as you can see from the drop checker, very high CO2 levels indeed...
Regular lean ADA dosing, with Aquasoil substrate
2ml excel dosed every 3 days
Almost no flow at all, and no surface movement
Very low stocking (just a few minnows)
RO water, 50% changed a week
What looked like pretty bright ADA solar lighting
This breaks lots of the 'rules' I've come to learn here and from my own experience around flow and CO2 consistency. But it's the closest I've ever seen to an Amano regime in real life. Looks pretty good to me. But if I tried it, I'd have an algae-fest for sure.
My main conclusion is how strongly it reinforces the 'high CO2 is everything' idea... What do people think?