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When I first did my planted tank, Adakam was very much in vogue. I'm contplating a complete reacape of my 250L tank and wondering why the current thinking is on low maintenance substrates?

Can Akadama get too old?

Does Adakama ever need replacing, or ... or something? Ion exchange filters need "recharging" and as I understand it Adakama works as a substrate based on ion exchange, so I wondered. (The answer may well be in the sticky post on Adakama, and I'm very sorry if it is, but there are 234 replies...

I'm thinking on removing the Adakama from my tank and rinsing all the crud out of it. (It's been largely undisturbed for about 2yrs.) Is this a good idea or bad idea?

Have just recieved a bag of Akadama I ordered from Bonsai Direct. Unfortunately whilst they use the Double Red(?) brand as a photo to advertise the product, (as recommended in JamesC's thread) they've actually sent me this brand. The max grain size appears to be about half of that in the...

My new tank will be low-ish tech. It's deep (2'6"), lighting will initially be about 1.5 W/gal and It may eventually have preasurised CO2. (These are decisions that are, for the moment, too late to change.) My goal for a relatively low maintainence tank and I'd rather not be replacing...