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Originally Posted by Wheeler  This is a problem. The thrill? You think you get "better results", but you don't. I've never seen your tanks, but I KNOW that you don't get better, 100% reapeatable, results than Amano in any sense. Few do...
Amano does it with half the CO2, a small fraction of NO3 and PO4, and easily as much light as any EI tank.... again and again 1000 times over. Right now, Amano is untouchable. I think we'll get him figured out one day, but EI ain't it. |
I didn't say I could get better results than Amano, no matter what I try. In fact I will say that it is very unlikely that I will ever approach Amano's results. What I did say is that we neophytes, who don't make a business of this, who are still learning, and who could always do a better maintenance job on our tanks, can get the best results if we try to keep the daytime concentration of CO2 in the range of 20 to 40 ppm, which is as accurate as we are likely to ever know it in any case. My goal is not to find Amano's magic methods, but to find a method that works for me, with my skills, my devotion to the maintenance, and my budget. I think most of us should try various ideas to see which we can make work the best, then use that.