greenmaji
Aquarium Advice Addict
czcz said:I don't uinderstand the appeal of building or buying a algae scrubber or DSB in freshwater, since a tub of anacharis and hornwort and cheap lights will drastically reduce nitrogen waste and could take ammonium before the bacteria does. I really like tech and run reverse photoperiod fuge just to do it, learn, and keep numbers stable, but I think anyone considering SW methods should read Diana Walstad's Ecology of the Planted Aquarium as well. (Ive only recently gotten it.) Why tech when plants do the job?
Algae scrubbers..
Plants with more structure are not as efficient as miro-algae no plant is as efficient actually..
I do understand that it is not needed, detrimental even, in a planted tank though.. This is more of a consideration for a fresh water fish only system in my opinion..
Thanks for the reading suggestion..