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Have recently set up a nano with it and have noticed no cloudiness - crystal clear from day 1. But aquasoil is capped with gravel and I'm running purigen in the filter so that might explain it.
Please see the first link in my signature. Start at p2, check the debate on p3 then skip to p6 for the disasters.
I reckon it was probably the KH which was too low. This probably meant stalled cycle. But it's possible that it was the osmocote leaching ammonia into the water column. Have had...
Am using slow release miracle gro granules (osmocote) in my nano. However, some people think they leach into the tank over months. I don't know if that is true but I have had some unexplained disasters which might have been down to ammonia leaching. Might have been something altogether different...
Thank you all for very helpful advice. Unfortunately I'm afraid I've wasted your time. Having played around with the manzanita that's going into my tank I've decided to change my plan on the rescape and as such won't be needing to add depth to the back. Sorry. Hopefully this thread will be of...
Not doubting your obvious experience Tom :thumbup: but this worries me:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/substrate/113831-cautionary-word-about-biologically-active-substrates.html
Adadama is basically baked clay, right? Surely that has ammonia/ammonium in it?
Thanks Wen. Basically you're...
Thanks. Will it not still leach when I disturb it by putting it in the tank though?
Really? So only amazonia leaches ammonia? Not too fussed about colour as don't plan to have any of it exposed eventually.
However, this is off the description of africana on AE but most of it reads like a...
Or from other active substrates?
Context is I want to add some to an existing mature tank to build up a slope at the back. My previous experience of doing this was amazonia in -> a big ammonia spike -> fish death. Unfortunately I can't remove inhabitants when doing this.
The other issue is I...
Tank has been running for about 4 years and naturally fully stocked. On the advice of a LFS I put in a layer over the top off my gravel to improve nutrients to the HC which I then planted on top.
Result has been PH and KH drop, ammonia spike, algae outbreak and dead fish and shrimp.
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