Going to be setting up a new 125 gallon tank in the very near future, and having trouble settling on a substrate. I already have eco complete in my 29 gallon dont have any complaints about it, but i would like to try something different in the new tank. This leads me to aqua soil. I here it is absolutely amazing. I know that initially it will give off ammonia no big deal, that it will lower my ph. and that it breaks down after a year to year and half.
What I'm wanting to know is how do you calculate your c02 level if you ph Is already being dropped artificially by your substrate? Second people are alway kinda vague when they tell me aqua soil breaks down. Does this mean its going to turn into a mass of mud in the bottom of my tank, or does it just simply become inert? Would I have to replace all of it every couple of years, or just give it a top dressing? If you do have to completely replace it then its defiantly out. No way I could afford to replace it in a large tank every year. (nor would I want to)
What I'm wanting to know is how do you calculate your c02 level if you ph Is already being dropped artificially by your substrate? Second people are alway kinda vague when they tell me aqua soil breaks down. Does this mean its going to turn into a mass of mud in the bottom of my tank, or does it just simply become inert? Would I have to replace all of it every couple of years, or just give it a top dressing? If you do have to completely replace it then its defiantly out. No way I could afford to replace it in a large tank every year. (nor would I want to)