Well, I can't argue with anything you've said! I have a high regard for Mike as well and the products your now associated with, so hope it turns out to be a good move on your part.
my indoors BS has only been running now for less than a month. I kept it in conjuction with my j-mat. all water perameters the same as before, the only difference so far is that the koi's appetites are defintely increased.
I turned the heater down from 67 F to 64 F as part of a move to get the koi into my outside pond soon. never slowed them down a bit! Most of my learned coleagues believe it's simply the increased air but I have 3 -250 gallon (U>S>
vortexes that each have a high blow 40 0n them and they've always kept the water well saturated. I, like SMG- who posted on this board on the thread NEXUS-believe having a BS type and a submerged type of filter combines several different conditions to foster different "bugs" to the benefit of our koi.
looking forward to hearing from what your learning in the land "down under"
Cheers!