We did not. The point of this study was not to make ICP testing better, it was to help understand results of the hobbyist experience.
This is an area of concern for sure. Asking hobbyists to fix a sample comes with problems and expense, so I doubt we are going to see much motion in this area.
Just for fun, here is a recent ICP of my system (I rerely do them, but I needed a baseline for something I am working on. I dose ESV TE+ at a light level, and do auto water changes with Bob's magic water
Thanks for reading it and thinking about it!
I am sick - damn you denver and san diego - so if anything seems off or terse, it isn't me! :)
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I get it. This test was aimed at a more practical approach rather than at looking at something a hobbyist wouldn't do. We wanted to see what a...
I think it has to do with paying attention. Any methodology that gets you to pay attention, likely results in a better system overall. If you do one where you don't even have to think, just do what they tell ya, may work well up to a point. Same with tank resets
Bob water - 100 gal min, a buck a gallon. If you do more, or do more than every few months he will likely give you a lower price.
I just got 600 gallons. :)
I wouldn't worry about freeze dried food expanding, it gets saturated pretty quick. That said, I don't like freeze dried food for fish because I think it is kinda a mess and woujld rather use pellets or flake.
I am bringing a bunch of BBstag for the folks that siad they want it. There will be extra as well.
I am also going to bring some tuxedo urchins (not small) if anyone wants them.