Hey Sisters and Brothers, all is well here in Northern WI...thanks for asking!
So the point of this is to share with you all that I beleive I have discovered something quite useful.
If you search my previous threads you will find photos of my Ray set-up. In there you may have seen the plant component to my set-up involving cuttings from common house plants floating on styrofoam.
Well against my best judgement and the data here in MFK I haven't performed a water change for 28 straight calendar days. I tested my water parameters with my API kit and very sheepishly awaited the results:
My jaw dropped!
Ammonia, 0 ppm
Nitrite, 0 ppm
Nitrate, approximately 2.5 ppm
21 days without a water change and zero chemical filtration. There is no embellishment here.
On a whim I harvested some house plant cuttings and set up an impromto hydroponic end stage to my sump just to see what would happen. Yes my rays were at risk if things went badly but apparently, either beginnners or dumb luck, my idea of controlling toxic substances through plant filtration worked like a charm!
I measured 11 3/8 inches of root growth the first 28 days without water change. Did a water change then tonight I have 21 5/8 inches of total root growth plus said parameters after testing.
The plants are growing like gangbusters and the rays are fat and sassy.
Sorry for the length of this thread, kinda excited, kinda lubed by fermentation (Hamm's)
Give hydroponics a try especially if water changes are becoming rather expensive. Heck, grow Bonzias or Strawberries.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
So the point of this is to share with you all that I beleive I have discovered something quite useful.
If you search my previous threads you will find photos of my Ray set-up. In there you may have seen the plant component to my set-up involving cuttings from common house plants floating on styrofoam.
Well against my best judgement and the data here in MFK I haven't performed a water change for 28 straight calendar days. I tested my water parameters with my API kit and very sheepishly awaited the results:
My jaw dropped!
Ammonia, 0 ppm
Nitrite, 0 ppm
Nitrate, approximately 2.5 ppm
21 days without a water change and zero chemical filtration. There is no embellishment here.
On a whim I harvested some house plant cuttings and set up an impromto hydroponic end stage to my sump just to see what would happen. Yes my rays were at risk if things went badly but apparently, either beginnners or dumb luck, my idea of controlling toxic substances through plant filtration worked like a charm!
I measured 11 3/8 inches of root growth the first 28 days without water change. Did a water change then tonight I have 21 5/8 inches of total root growth plus said parameters after testing.
The plants are growing like gangbusters and the rays are fat and sassy.
Sorry for the length of this thread, kinda excited, kinda lubed by fermentation (Hamm's)
Give hydroponics a try especially if water changes are becoming rather expensive. Heck, grow Bonzias or Strawberries.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.