Ada Aquasoil Amazonia Lowers Kh And Ph?

Cocoboitoy · Feb 12, 2018

Hi planted tank experts, I've read somewhere that ADA aquasoil lowers KH and pH of water. I was wondering if it's possible to use this as a media to lower my KH and PH? I'm thinking of putting some aquasoil in a media bag and place it in my canister. Will it work? Thanks.

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Kyalgae · Feb 12, 2018

Seems like an expensive way to lower the pH. I'd imagine you'd get a lot of aquasoil dust in your tank, and if you move it around a lot it will start to break up. I have never done this poersonally, but peat moss will lower the pH. If you add it to the filter bag, it will turn the water more tea coloured. I wonder if anyone here has actually tried it on this forum. I know there are different grades of peat moss, and you'd probably want a more coarse grade. https://www.pthorticulture.com/en/training-center/what-are-the-grades-of-peat-moss/

Reading that you'd want the coarse chunk grade, or horticulture grade. Has anyone here tried this?

Cocoboitoy · Feb 12, 2018

Thanks for the info. The thing is, I want the tank water to be clear, will Purigen fix it if I use peat moss?

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Kyalgae · Feb 13, 2018

Cocoboitoy said:
Thanks for the info. The thing is, I want the tank water to be clear, will Purigen fix it if I use peat moss?

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http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/forum/general-discussion/1971-purigen-and-tannins

http://www.seachem.com/support/foru...in-shorten-the-useful-life-of-seachem-purigen

Apparently purigen will remove the tannins (that makes the water tea coloured) over time. Peat moss is pretty cheap, you could run a test without breaking the bank.

AquaMatt · Mar 13, 2018

Kyalgae said:
Seems like an expensive way to lower the pH. I'd imagine you'd get a lot of aquasoil dust in your tank, and if you move it around a lot it will start to break up. I have never done this poersonally, but peat moss will lower the pH. If you add it to the filter bag, it will turn the water more tea coloured. I wonder if anyone here has actually tried it on this forum. I know there are different grades of peat moss, and you'd probably want a more coarse grade. https://www.pthorticulture.com/en/training-center/what-are-the-grades-of-peat-moss/

Reading that you'd want the coarse chunk grade, or horticulture grade. Has anyone here tried this?

I’ve tried it and it didn’t work at all for me. My ph stayed at 8.5 my ppm 150.
Half oz in top filter, full oz in canister filter.
I used the Fluval peatmoss pellets.

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