atrixnet;21592 said:
And while it might hold true that there isn't a "best" way of doing things at all times, certainly in most cases one way is "better" than others for any given situation.
As long as you state that "goal"(situation?) up front ............
I said"
Not just one method and then go all over claiming it's the "best" and putting everyone else down in the process. It's one thing to support and discuss a method, but it's another to inject agenda and bad mouth other methods unfairly.
I'm
not talking about you here, I wanted to be clear about that.
I'm talking about another group of folks(they know who they are) and in general. Many folks can be swayed down such paths, don't fall for it.
I often will talk in general terms about folks in general, these statements are not a personal directed at you type of thing, there's a level of psychology mixed into advice, helping others, advice and the web in general.
In person when I talk this way, this comes across very different. Some folks have taken this to mean them personally, even though I say folks, not their name etc.
We can assume such things rather easily, but have thicker skin and ask if you think it was directed at you.
I'm not nearly as onerous or mean as some make me out to be
It's just not logical to say everything is equal when you also say that misting is a better way of distributing CO2 than with an inline reactor, or that dosing CO2 is best achieved by watching a drop checker and controlling bubble rates than using a pH probe as a CO2 controller, for example. You have expressed your thoughts on those matters and have most certainly said in unambiguous terms that you hold one method over the others.
Yep.
The real question is "why" it works better.
Asking a good question, say
"Why does CO2 mist yield such good results vs a CO2 reactor tube?"
That will get a good answer.
And such answers have already been discussed.
Many of the BR newsletters discuss such things.
Wow, I didn't know I was going to ruffle so many feathers. It was just a solicitation for advice. Damn if I don't feel like an unwelcome wart now.
Naw

I'd not feel that way, you are on the web, folks can easily think one thing and write it, and it can easily be taken many different ways, but........in person?
Such communication is far easier and easy to confirm what is meant.
A bit of thick skin is required on the web.
Just do not take things personally.
I apologize if if it sounded that way, I'm actually pretty easy going in person, I come across a bit serious on line though
Stay focused on the plants, why they grow, why CO2 mist works vs something else, why CO2 drop checkers are useful, why current might be important.
Just ask the question directly.
Or you can ask it like this:
Under what conditions might CO2 reactor and CO2 mist methods have a similar effect?
These type of questions and lines of reasoning will help you much more.
There are already many threads here and elsewhere about the questions posed.
I do not mind rehashing either.
The opinions and reasons are already out there...so if you look, the answers are right there. I justify them more so in the BR newsletters.
Give them a read.
Do not be scared of anything and any question, there's no need to be if you are honest.
Regards,
Tom Barr