eco23
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jetajockey said:My apologies if you find it borderline offensive. You said, "I've never personally used a soil substrate, but I was informed by Fort (Mod), that eco complete does in fact leech ammo.", this statement to me reads that you don't have any personal experience with it and you are basing your facts on what someone told you about it. You didn't mention any other sources at all, so yes, I consider that parroting, but still not intending any offense.
You post in nearly every thread in regard to cycling, so it's hard not to see your posts. You have tons of posts that I don't respond to at all, or I even concur with you, so don't be upset when I call out anything I consider inaccurate. And in all fairness, in an open forum like this, you should expect to have others keep your information in check. I expect others to do the same to my posts, also.
Yep, that's my purpose of posting when I see something that I consider inaccurate or misleading. It may very well be completely accurate, I always have room to be corrected, and if someone's claims are factual then they won't have any problem backing them up.
I can do that if you want to talk about it more, but I'd like to keep it on topic also and in here to where it can be referenced.
The main reason I post on certain things like this is because someone will read that eco23 said that ecocomplete leeches ammonia, and no one contested the claim, so it must be true, and now they go around and say the same thing, and it goes on and on.
All fair and understandable. I did however just independently confirm with another member that eco complete does indeed leech ammo. He set up his tank with that as a substrate, let it sit with only substrate and water in the tank, he waited for his plants to arrive, and was getting ammo readings after a few days. His tap water also has no chloramines and a 0 ammo reading. So removing all other variables...IMO, eco complete leeching ammo is factual info.