Jeff, Howzit?
I am interested in asking about a few details I see in these setups if I may?
In Pic one I see the lights are raised about half a meter from the tank, is this the normal position for them? How much light (and what type) is under the hood? Is it tubes mixed with HQ? Do you raise and lower the hood until you find the 'sweet spot' or does it stay at that height? Does the quantity of light determine the height of the hood? Do you have a standard recipe you would care to share?
The pic with the bubble counter and diffuser: It 'looks' like alot of the bubbles from the diffuser are going straight up to the water surface, I was wondering if the diffuser is really effective (sorry but I've never seen the ADA products and how they actually work in real life) as it looks like alot of the co2 escapes at water surface? What type of levels of co2 are generally reached with this diffuser? How does this differ from the Tom Barr internal diffuser?
South Africa has been slow to catch up to the planted tank setups at hobbyists level (no hardware and hardly any decent plants), but it is seriously about to boom (interest is being shown much more than the last couple of years, probably due to the internet) so to you, and other suppliers it might be worth your while to explore the market here as it is literally wide open. There are no vendors here who sell co2 equipment, decent tanks, and lighting setups are non-existant. Its DIY all the way over here. Won't you please just put us all out of our misery and start sending us all these delicious ADA products?
I am setting up a planted tank forum here for local hobbyists which should be up in a months time, would you be willing to do business?
Warm Regards
Cameron James