Might I suggest you establish a more scientific design?
First,
You need a null hypothesis, (what exactly are you trying to prove or disprove)? This needs to be extremely specific and include quantitative measures for success.
second: experimental design
1. All test environments need to be as identical as possible.
-same water source
- same salt mix
- same temperature
- same nutrient import and export (feeding and filtration)
-same water volume
-same additives, etc
- same lighting and light schedule
You need to isolate what you are testing so that it is the only thing that varies in the experiments.
You also need control tanks that match exactly except you don’t add the element you are testing (bottled bacteria). This is the best way to isolate and establish a true causal relationship in your experiment.
You need to deploy statistical methods to determine if any findings are significant and how significant they are. I like your idea, but for people to take it seriously it needs a much more rigorous approach.
First,
You need a null hypothesis, (what exactly are you trying to prove or disprove)? This needs to be extremely specific and include quantitative measures for success.
second: experimental design
1. All test environments need to be as identical as possible.
-same water source
- same salt mix
- same temperature
- same nutrient import and export (feeding and filtration)
-same water volume
-same additives, etc
- same lighting and light schedule
You need to isolate what you are testing so that it is the only thing that varies in the experiments.
You also need control tanks that match exactly except you don’t add the element you are testing (bottled bacteria). This is the best way to isolate and establish a true causal relationship in your experiment.
You need to deploy statistical methods to determine if any findings are significant and how significant they are. I like your idea, but for people to take it seriously it needs a much more rigorous approach.