What does... mean?

Thanks for the responses re my PMDD question. Having returned to the hobby after
about 15 years away I have been reading lots of things, but I see now that some of
the articles were dated a few years ago. I have read the EI article, but will have
to re-read a few times I think. The ideas look good and I intend to adopt them.

Thanks again.
 
Tom's report was VERY illuminating! Thank you so much for posting it Roan!

the daunting feeling i had about learning to dose is greatly reduced

my only worry is getting my CO2 up to the level i'll require- which shouldn't be that hard. . .

SUPER Helpful you're the best!

(RTR your info has been priceless as well!)

i can't believe i was thinking of breaking down my whole tank to put in an eco- compltete substrate i don't need. (tell me now if i've miss interpreted the article)

cheers -Kyle
 
The "high-end" planted tank substrates are good (Flourite, EcoComplete, ADA) but they are not required. I really like the original Flourite, but I certainly have not changed all my substrates over to that. I can do essentially the same thing with Estes smaller gravels, with a bit of laterite (or a lot of mulm) plus a dusting of peat at setup. Once a tank is long-established, I really don't think the handling is any different between DIY inexpensive gravel and the "super-substrates". My problem is that I like the "look" of Flourite far better than my hundereds of pounds of existing gravel.

In my book, gravel (like Eheim canisters) is forever. I moved to this house going on 20 years ago - with gravel and tanks and Eheims. The gravel and the Eheims are all still here, a handfull of the tanks have been replaced.
 
Howdy

Can someone explain this line to me (from the bar report linked above):

I’ve done numerous test runs over a week or three week time period using very high light (450 micromoles/m^2/sec @ 8 cm from light source)

I thought micromoles were an expression of concentration found in physiology books? Is this a typo or have I missed something here?

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