I used to think that growing nature in an aquarium was simple. You purchase a green thing, stick it in the gravel, and hope for the best. I was wrong. Entirely, embarrassingly wrong. My first tank looked later than a salad that had been left in the sun for three weeks. After months of frustration, I granted it was period to acquire serious. I embarked upon what I now call My Honest test Of The reforest Dosing Method, and allow me tell you, the journey was weirder than I expected.

Most people in the commotion talk more or less the Estimative Index (EI) or the PMDD method. They argue in forums until their fingers bleed. I wanted something different. I wanted a habit to report nutrient uptake without turning my bustling room into a chemistry lab. So, I comprehensive some old-school tactics gone a new, slightly experimental concept Im calling "Bio-Electrical Equilibrium Dosing." It sounds fancy, right? Its mostly just a specific pretension of timing liquid carbon dosing in the manner of the natural circadian rhythm of the plants.

Before I started this test, I followed the instructions on the back of all aquarium measurement calculator tree-plant fertilizer bottle. I poured, I prayed, and I waited. Nothing happened. Well, that is not enormously true. I grew an impressive amount of black beard algae.