Hello,
I designed a scape past month with ADA amazonia 2 soil and ADA power sand as substrate with super 4 mixed in it. Now I am in an unfortunate place to remove and revamp the complete aquascape including plants. So I will be removing all the plants and the hardscape and remodel everything and plant some new plants. I have a major algae outbreak which isn't controllable and I tried removing it physically in vain which has brought me to start over. Now I have already removed everything from the tank and will be buying new plants to go with it.
My question is can I use this same soil+substrate again? It's in my tank now filled with water and I have my filter on. If I want to give it a thorough wash and dry and use it again in my new tank can this be done? or Do I just leave it as it is and plant my new plants on top of it, if I did that will the algae come back again since the spores may be present from the previous outbreak.
I am thinking of taking the soil out giving it a good wash and sun dry it and maybe buy new powersand+super 4 to put under it and top of it with my old amazonia 2 mixture.
Please help me out guys, this is my first scape and it's already super tough and tiring
I designed a scape past month with ADA amazonia 2 soil and ADA power sand as substrate with super 4 mixed in it. Now I am in an unfortunate place to remove and revamp the complete aquascape including plants. So I will be removing all the plants and the hardscape and remodel everything and plant some new plants. I have a major algae outbreak which isn't controllable and I tried removing it physically in vain which has brought me to start over. Now I have already removed everything from the tank and will be buying new plants to go with it.
My question is can I use this same soil+substrate again? It's in my tank now filled with water and I have my filter on. If I want to give it a thorough wash and dry and use it again in my new tank can this be done? or Do I just leave it as it is and plant my new plants on top of it, if I did that will the algae come back again since the spores may be present from the previous outbreak.
I am thinking of taking the soil out giving it a good wash and sun dry it and maybe buy new powersand+super 4 to put under it and top of it with my old amazonia 2 mixture.
Please help me out guys, this is my first scape and it's already super tough and tiring