I really do not know how long this stuff will live or will spread around the hobby. Maybe other "stars" will appear shortly and we just realize they are in every store around us just like the UV or Ozone, aquarium computers.
Shortly will have ANSStars and GUSHStars too 🙂
The full topic is about accepting or not accepting a product which has or not has some effect on some of our issues.
I also seen similar feedback on our boards when i shared the experiences. This is ok of course.
We're different, and honestly it's not too smart to run to a shop to buy any new thing because we see a photo of a tank which is getting nicer. 🙂 we're all smarter than that.
The smart thing is that now many different people testing this kit around the world so you see many different cases, tanks etc. Gets attention from other industry people too so might open up new areas too.
Why i do test it? Looks like fun 🙂
Also i am open to any new thing. Love my pH computer and Profilux machine, love Purigen or some electronic filters like Fluval or the Eheim ones. VUPPA etc - actually an expensive Vuppa needed to have a cheap Eheim skim i guess 🙂
New things are nice. Some of them maybe useful and will drive the hobby into a very different direction.
At some point i would be glad to fully throw out all algecide including carbo, H2O2 etc and use a device or 2 which helps on a different way.
Did you ever think about how much algecide we buy in a shop? I am working in a store. And you can't believe it. Almost as much as fertilizers.
Just to fight with algae, spot dose, prevent etc.
There are many different feedback like if a device clean the algae, the user will never learn the basics etc. Which is true. But we loose so many people in this hobby because they need aquariums like they see everywhere in the aquascaping scene, and they fail shortly as they do not have that time to go through on all the learning curves.
We're harder when we need to accept new things. But just look at the car industry. 20 years ago there was not any electronic guide, assistance. Now we drive with GPS and our car almost drive itself just to keep it on the road. Park assistance etc.
They are not evil just helps on some issues. And at the end your car wheels will not spin like mad, you will stay on road, speed is controlled etc and you can focus on many other things - hopefully not watching a TV meanwhile driving. 🙂
But for the future the aquascaping hobby needs to be changed. Its not good that we need a board with hundredthousand topics and posts to read it to be smart enough to run a tank.
So many issues, so many problems, so many variants. Hard to give one perfect instruction to anyone. Some people just fight with the algae for months til they give up.They do not want to be a scientist or a biologist. They just need a nice scape, but never meet a beauty tank in their home. Our goal is not to fight with algae but to enjoy the scaping or the growing part or just watching the live interior decoration. Whatever makes it easy is a good thing.
Electric carpet trimmer? Auto filter cleaner? Soil refreshener? auto CO2 refiller? many stuff which would be nice 🙂
I would not mind to not meet algae anymore. Would read a book how that looked in the past 🙂 or would tell a tale how the mighty Vik fight with diatom to my daughter. 🙂 meanwhile browsing my old flickr page for examples 🙂
I would not like to be a promoter here. But i've read so many nice articles in the past from you guys on CO2 diffusers, EI fertilizers, TMC LEDs and LEDs at all before anyone used it for plants.
This is just another sharing thing. Take it easy and we will see what it does. Shortly we will see what is inside of these things, George mentioned that we may will have better understanding too on how this works from an expert. This is good.
Meanwhile we all learn and have fun.
I try to not spam this topic. So will wait another week or more to see what happen with my tank and will post it, but will not do other examples 🙂 There are so many and others will come too.
How amazing the modern age and the scaping scene otherwise.? A new product comes out. Shortly find a way to some local expert like Dave Chow. Passes some tests and now the device is there in UK, Germany, France, Brazil etc etc.
And the network is testing this and you can buy it before the PFK would even write about it 🙂
ops sorry long post. stop here 🙂