ElleDee
Member
I am very familiar with the theoretical benefits of doing a dark start, but it have also heard that it won't confer any real advantage over a regular plant-in fishless cycle with all the right boxes ticked (enough plants, appropriate light, and frequent water changes, etc). What is the current thinking on this?
If it makes any difference, this would be a low tech tank with contrasoil and some of the plants would be coming from my well established tanks, but other things would also need to convert to immersed growth or at least adapt to my specific conditions.
If it makes any difference, this would be a low tech tank with contrasoil and some of the plants would be coming from my well established tanks, but other things would also need to convert to immersed growth or at least adapt to my specific conditions.