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ADA Malaya and Ammonia

goldscapes

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anyone know if ADA Malaya leaches ammonia like Amazonia does?
Any other special considerations with it? I have read it’s very fine but that’s okay for me as it’s capped with gravel.
 
Answered on The Green Machine website:

** Please note that ADA substrates are designed to release ammonia as an aid in cycling new filter media. This is in effect “fishless cycling” and is of great benefit to livestock when they are eventually added to the tank. Because of this livestock should not be added for at least three weeks and we reccomend that a large 70% water change be carried out weekly during this period. Planting will also be easier at this point as plants too do not appreciate high ammonia levels.
 
Mind if I ask how you know?
Malaya is very very low on nutrients. What it doesn't have, it can't release.

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It's very good for extremely low buffering of pH though. I think down to 5.5 or so.
 
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