Penac- P/W What the heck is that?

Penac-W is a repackaged version of something called "Plocher aqua stabilizer-fresh water." It is very finely powdered quarts. You can see it here::http://www.plocher.com/produktdetails.php?id=101


Penac-P is repackaged "plocher compost activator." You would think it would be a repackaged version of one of their several plant-specific products, but you would be wrong. It is calcium carbonate, and all of the other plant-specific products are powdered dolomite, magnesium, and one even has molassas! You can see it here: http://www.plocher.com/produktdetails.php?id=11


The plocher corporation makes everything from industrial farming supplements to harmonized cutting boardsr. If you look at Amano's aquarium, you can see two penac-kats attached to the pipes to harmonize the water as it passes through.


Personally, I use Penac-W a koi keeper would use bentonite clay. I think it helps purify the water in the sense that it's an aluminosilicate mineral. I also use Penac-P just to make sure there's a little extra calcium down in the substrate.


Amano buys into the whole "harmonized water" crystal woo-woo BS. That's why he sells tourmaline powder and such. They don't do anything, but they make you feel good.


First post BTW!


Edit: It looks like in some markets around the world it is sold as "Penergetic." Here you can find Peneretic-W and Penergetic-P as well as other farm stuff that's exactly the same http://penergeticsolutions.com/products/

 

Sad to think how much money some people must be pouring away on this hobby through marketing bs.

 

Sorry for saying this but all those thing that sell Amano is waste.


All the years iam in this hobby i never use anything of amano stuff...


You can grow all of the plants in a cheap gravel , or sand with dry ferts and co2.


Its the same think as the light , companies sell special lamps to grow platns...

 

Wow, thanks for explaining this. I always wondered what some of the ADA stuff was but now I know it doesn't do anything and isn't necessary. Calcium carbonate would help prevent the pH drop from the carbonates adsorbing onto the Aquasoil, but it's really cheap to buy as a fertilizer. 20 lbs of CaCO3 is cheaper than one bottle, 200 grams, of Penac-P.

 

Think we get rushed by marketing for various dubious and expensive fertilizers and substrates, you should check out what gets sold to those growing marijuana. Now there is a big and growing industry! The amount of money people spend on expensive amended and over fertilized dirt as well as all kinds of pH balancers and fertilizers to grow a weed is astounding!