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Originally Posted by RogerMoo Valarc, btw when did you start rearing koi and start using trickle tower. What media do you use for your trickle tower? Lava Rock? If that is the case, you would have known the setback and posted in koiphen.com. Why are you mentioning it now?
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Rearing koi would be quite a generous description of it. I prefer to say I foolishly bought some petsmart koi without knowing a thing about them and dumped them in a puddle in my backyard. That was before I came to any of these forums... I'm here to learn about the fish! I built the trickle tower (with lava rock) after learning that the filter I was sold was horribly inadequate for even a tiny puddle, and I just wanted to find something to control the ammonia. Now that I've learned more, I'm trying to get approval from my Homeowner's Association to build a proper koi pond.
I've specifically made it a point to not argue the merits of BHM as a filter media, because I am a complete newbie in this hobby and admit readily that I know practically nothing about the fish. I am, however, qualified to discuss the science of the FIR claims, and there is zero doubt in my mind that these claims are utter nonsense.
The reason I didn't bring up the lava rock grit thing was because, like I said, I was only trying to discuss the science of the radiation. I could care less if you use BHM, lava rock, k1, or william shatner's toupee, as long as you see good results. When you start claiming the media has magic rays which make it far superior to everything else, that's when I chime in.
I think others have said it a lot more eloquently than I can, because I admit I'm confrontational in nature when faced with ignorance. The FIR claims do the hobby and the product a great disservice. If so many people use and love it, it would be much more productive to use their success as a selling point.