threnjen
Aquarium Advice Addict
Well you know I advocate less than once a day when we see nitrites, so you'll see no argument from me.
Personally - rather than make the equilibrium part of our experiment panel (especially because I worry that's a lot to ask of people, monetarily) I'd rather study the differences in their source water by NOT adding equilibrium.
Or are you just suggesting things we would advise in our eventual cycling article? Because I totally agree with that. Equilibrium, plant fertilizer, what? We think it's equilibrium that has the "key" things?
I think I should get started right away on the distilled water buckets with and without equilibrium. I suppose we are waiting for our test subjects to complete their tests anyway before we have an article, though. But nonetheless I have three buckets with three matching filters just awaiting the tests that I in particular should run.
Everything you have said I agree with, except for if you were suggesting we have our test participants use equilibrium, because I don't want to lose any participants by making things excessively complicated for them or require them to spend extra money. I think we make all other things equal and use it as an opportunity to study different source waters. If you don't agree with this, is there some way to get equilibrium to them? Any idea the country of our various participants? I suppose I could send some out but only to US people. International shipping is quite spendy (I know, I do it for a living)
Aqua chem, what do you think of all of this, or do you think we are headed down the wrong path?
This is goodnight for me. It's 4AM... See you in 8 hours. Lucky for me the kids are spending the night tonight at grandma and grandpa's and won't be knocking at 8... At least I'm such a night owl Caliban or we would always be two ships passing in the night and rarely be able to discuss anything
I would test nitrites starting day 7, OR as soon as they see ammonia drop, whichever is sooner
Personally - rather than make the equilibrium part of our experiment panel (especially because I worry that's a lot to ask of people, monetarily) I'd rather study the differences in their source water by NOT adding equilibrium.
Or are you just suggesting things we would advise in our eventual cycling article? Because I totally agree with that. Equilibrium, plant fertilizer, what? We think it's equilibrium that has the "key" things?
I think I should get started right away on the distilled water buckets with and without equilibrium. I suppose we are waiting for our test subjects to complete their tests anyway before we have an article, though. But nonetheless I have three buckets with three matching filters just awaiting the tests that I in particular should run.
Everything you have said I agree with, except for if you were suggesting we have our test participants use equilibrium, because I don't want to lose any participants by making things excessively complicated for them or require them to spend extra money. I think we make all other things equal and use it as an opportunity to study different source waters. If you don't agree with this, is there some way to get equilibrium to them? Any idea the country of our various participants? I suppose I could send some out but only to US people. International shipping is quite spendy (I know, I do it for a living)
Aqua chem, what do you think of all of this, or do you think we are headed down the wrong path?
This is goodnight for me. It's 4AM... See you in 8 hours. Lucky for me the kids are spending the night tonight at grandma and grandpa's and won't be knocking at 8... At least I'm such a night owl Caliban or we would always be two ships passing in the night and rarely be able to discuss anything
I would test nitrites starting day 7, OR as soon as they see ammonia drop, whichever is sooner