I switched to no-tech aquascape instead
no more watering :D (maybe once a week water change)
and only about once in three months for 'mowing' along with cleaning up
fertilizing is also easy, fish and turtle excesses: just feed my turtles (separate aquarium) with excess floating leaves ... and get the fert the next day (the same spirit with those who use rabbit for fert)
Alongside, i romantized with chemistry lab 101 ... after reading forums on ferts (google PMDD and Estimative Index)
Made my own fert, mixing KNO3, KH2PO4 (NPK part), Mg,Zn,Fe and minor traces
Chemistry is another side of life that u can get a lot with little effort ... so is aquascape (compared to gardening)
These stuffs are almost like hacking/programming (tho not as scalable) so naturally i'm interested ;)
fertilizing is also easy, fish and turtle excesses: just feed my turtles (separate aquarium) with excess floating leaves ... and get the fert the next day (the same spirit with those who use rabbit for fert)
Alongside, i romantized with chemistry lab 101 ... after reading forums on ferts (google PMDD and Estimative Index)
Made my own fert, mixing KNO3, KH2PO4 (NPK part), Mg,Zn,Fe and minor traces
Chemistry is another side of life that u can get a lot with little effort ... so is aquascape (compared to gardening)
These stuffs are almost like hacking/programming (tho not as scalable) so naturally i'm interested ;)