plantbrain said:
Folks tend to go overboard, Naman certainly does.
This lie comes from those who had never read my articles, unable to get the point, or both.
Piece-of-fish said:
Naman has enough good information on his site, The DIY ada stuff is just a small part of it.
Well, it has ~140 articles, 150000+ words, and 500-1100 page views
every day since Nov-2007 (see counter on the home page). 100% of planted aquarium science knowledge in russian speaking community (250-300mln audience) comes from my 'Amania', here any kid on the block knows this. (IE only, sorry)
Piece-of-fish said:
... its a pity you dont read russian...
'Amania' would be helpful for those who still using PAR-meter instead of lux-meter, circulation pumps, micron filters, drilled tanks, dosing ferts in powder form, have CO2-hysteria, calls penac 'snake oil' etc etc etc., to be concise for all those 'barr-victims / hate-amano club' members
Piece-of-fish said:
... very detailed actually with quite scientific approach to things which he gathered from multiple suorces and didnt take from his head ...
Yes, I do not make any claims without scientific reference.
BTW if someone believe for those liers who claims Amano is sharlatan or have teached him to dose PO4, penac products works. Used all over Europe. This is a scientifically proofed fact. Special new device registering photosynthesis rates involved though... Device was invented ~10 years ago, used all over EU, gold medal for innovation in EU etc. It registers photosynthesis rates by registering O2 production of live leaves within minutes(!) immediatly after any additive added or at any given moment after addition including humic acids, pestisides, heavy metals, any industrial pollutatnts, reading mantras, or playing Bach music
It even easily registers growth rates decline for trees as result of an air pollution whithin minutes and a penny price... It is really revolutionary device, biologists knows. The most exciting thing is that measurements are made from live plants in their natural habitate, thus you can register influence of any additive/method in a given eco-system(!), not just one substance influence added in sterile vial.
For land plants penac adds up to 15-30% of growth rates, proper variety (for soil/spray/water) should be used though...
For a planted aquarium this device can help register photosynthesis rates difference with lava, CO2-misting, water circulation, night aeration, noon spike method, lapms with different colour temps, raised NPK levels in water column, compare growth rates with sabstrate or water column as a main nutrients source, rock phosphate, CEC vs AEC, substrate's porocity and permeability, DTPA vs ferrouse gluconate, influence of glutaraldehyde, heating substrate bottom, any biostimulants, AMF, filtration method, water hardness and kH influence, penac to name a few... whatever you choose. And it is as easy as measuring light levels with a lux-meter, for free. No chemical tests, spectrophotometry, or voodoo dance with plants dry mass research involved.
wearsbunnyslippers said:
... bonemeal is very organic so add to that the fine sand of wormcastings and peat, your substrate will probably go anaerobic very quickly...
Wrong. Rock phosphate is the thing to use. It will not leach PO4 into water column in soils, nor in aquarium substrate. 'Proper' rock phosphate or 'bone meal' should be used.
wearsbunnyslippers said:
the Mychorrhizal fungi will die once totally immersed...
Wrong. Rice grain yield is 14-21% higher when seedlings inoculated with AMF. Increases in grain yield after inoculation with Acaulospora sp., Glomus fasciculatum (Riverside) and Glomus mosseae (Invermay) is 35-65%. '
Guess how rice is planted on paddy fields?
Proper AMF species should be involved though.
AMF is actually what made water plants to come out off the water (if I correctly remember).
Wetland plants has AMF too (~70%). '
Many water plants have AMF in their roots, particularly those without root hairs. Acaulospora sp., Glomus fasciculatum (Riverside) and G. mosseae (Invermay) were found to be the best in improving plant height and total biomass. AMF enhance phosphate uptake in the submersed plant Vallisneria americana etc.
As for price & simplicity, if many falks will use AMF, 1-2 years later you will have all local aquarum plants inoculated for free... But you must have proper substrate for them to survive, plain gravel will not work. AMF will not survive in hydroponic media as it is killed by high NPK+micro concentrations. It also will not replace need for light, CO2, NPK, micros or general rules needed to maintain planted tanks known from 1980's.
I still wonder where is that complexity comes from in Amoeba's recipes... Nothing common in 'Amania' articles.
It states CEC + some organics + inorganic NPK + mirco + peat + bacteria culture is all you need, and you can use many products for this, as easy as that. Don't be that stupid to use garden/potting soil and mineralizing it, it is not the same as vermicompost at all. BTW here in Russia garden soil-lime-peat-charcoal mix topped with sand was used for planted tanks since 1885 (Zolotnitsky), and Walstad's method has nothing to do with substrate and methods I use...