Which is the specific relationship between CO 2 and algae?Ī. Could you, please, elaborate on this? Do you find that tanks work better with no CO 2 enrichment? I find them even more difficult to care instead.
Shrimp breed better and many fish are happier in non CO 2 tanks, they just have far fewer issues than CO 2 tanks, less algae, more stable etc. But that’s also a lot of labor and work to keep a well trimmed and groomed planted tank.īut I like to keep several tanks, so more are going to be non CO 2. Even the ones who use the CO 2 gas.īut to be clear, the hobby would not be anywhere near what it is without the CO 2 gas. This is what many planted hobbyists say is their goal. I dosed once a week, fairly easy routine. So I took EI and cut that into 1/20th dosing. So I estimated non CO 2 plant growth rates based on CO 2 gas amplified growth rates, which were about 10-20X faster with the addition of CO 2 gas enrichment. I wanted to take a different approach back in the early 2000’s than her approach just to see about algae and the water column. But it can be done if the hobbyist is skilled.
It might be a lot more labor and work than a different method. A nice aquascape can be forced with any method. That’s changing and many higher levels aquascapers are starting to try the method and have stunning results and so much easier care and routines.Ī pretty scape (or an ugly one) does not define a method. The largest factor I think preventing more hobbyist from adopting the method for at least 1 or more of their tanks boils down to one basic issue: a lack of nice aquascapes using the method. They can not follow the advice and take short cuts. It can be inconsistent for new hobbyist however. Soil works very well and is easy for most people. Supported it, got many things correct, a few things incorrect, but unlike myself who did not write a book back in 1998, I also had a few things wrong myself, but no book for people to point what those things were. If someone can and has done something a certain way, then the method is clearly valid. We had a good trip together at a speaking event in Australia together. The latter perhaps is somewhat a mentor to her as well as many in the Aquatic Gardener’s Association and the Aquatic plants mailing digest (APD). This is more or less our approach: we try to understand plant needs, avoiding to use fertilizers when unnecessary.Ī. I know her personally and Dorothy Reimer as well. You claim that good fertilization on water column can replace ground fertilization, and that it is even possible maintaining a tank without water changes. Moreover you don’t dislike Walstad techniques.
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