Algae while cycling?

[happychem]

Originally posted by pastor.ed
\But it seems like when you are new at something like this your brain goes into newbie mode and you have to learn everything from the beginning, even things you know from another area of your life.

I hear that, it wasn't a year after spending a class studying nitrifying bacteria, and even weeks after the final of another in which they popped up frequently enough, that I started my first tank. And yet somehow I completely missed the relevance. I guess it takes a little mental leap to connect what happens in the oceans to my fish tank, but still...!

I'll second Daveedka in respect for Tom Barr, what he says about plants and planted tanks is gospel IMO, I should also add RTR and DJLen to that list.

 

[daveedka]

I'll second Daveedka in respect for Tom Barr, what he says about plants and planted tanks is gospel IMO, I should also add RTR and DJLen to that list.

happychem,
I certainly could agree with the names mentioned and I could add you and Morgunda to the list as well as a few others. Knowledge is the key to life, and understanding always reveals facts. This site has brought the hobby to a completely different level for me, and I feel indebted evry day when I look at my tanks.
dave

 

[happychem]

Aw, shucks!

Actually, after I posted that I realized that there really are a lot of people around here who would need to be listed. You, for one, have kept fish for about as long as anyone around here. The knowledge of your experience is not to be overlooked.

 

[daveedka]

Thank you, compliments are always welcome. Even when I don't feel so desrving. I'm not sure that years of having fish without a lot of knowledge was really that beneficial, but I have been able to apply much of what I've learned to the old days, and better understand the mysteries.
dave