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Re: Heating cables
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 21:18:37 -0500 (EST)
From: IDMiamiBob at aol_com
> I'm confused about this whole heating cable thing. Perhaps this is
> partly just a conflict of approaches between differing schools of
> thought.
True.
> I read on this list that UGFs are bad because they cause a current
> across the roots, which reduces something, maybe it was the develpment
> of root hairs.
Not True. I've had wonderful success with UGF. See my web page.
> But others are fighting with heater cables in the hopes of generating
> current flow through the substrate.
Fighting? Hopes? Not really.
> And why cables? There are heaters designed to fit to the underside of
> the tank. This seems a lot easier to me. They should be just as
> efficient at generating convection in the substrate.
Not True. See my web page.
George Booth in Ft. Collins, Colorado (booth at fii_com)
Need Info? http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts.htm
* Last update: 10/21/97