Like several others, I signed up just for this thread.
Very interesting concept and I appreciate the large amounts of effort, time and money put into this.
I have a couple of questions :
1] Obviously the best time to employ reverse respiration is when setting up a new tank since it will provide you with a clean slate if your other new planted tank cycling parameters are met. Sometimes we use reuse plants from our old setups, sometimes we buy some new submerged plants from other hobbyists, sometimes we buy new plants from a shop or farm and maybe even all 3.
My question pertains to the last option. Shop and farm plants mostly tend to be emmersed-grown before we plant them and it converts to submerged growth. Has anyone tried RR with emmersed grown plants ? Or the current trend of TC plants although they are supposed to be algae free and dont really need it but maybe just to check if the health boosts do anything to help them settle quicker ?
2] Has RR been tried with any sensitive or thin leaved/stemmed plants ? I mostly see some more robust plants being used in the tests so Im curious as to the success rate with some of the more fragile or sensitive plants that are in atleast an acceptable or recoverable state of health.