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Originally Posted by Allister
Asa ko makakuha ug clay? ang akong gigamit kay garden soil ra den gipatongan ug gravel, pareha nanag mapalit sa mascot pets, sm. Si master kenny taga asa na sya?
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@allister, ok ra na ang garden soil as long as aged na. Im having some serious doubts about the clay available at "that ceramic store besides BTC"
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Originally Posted by zerk
@all
an HK friend of mine once told me that katong nag setup sa iyahang planted tank ni ingon nga you have to change substrate every now and then daw.... muhupas daw.. dunno if it's true or not.. pero akong sag diri hapit na 4years.. murag ni yellow then wala na kaayo mutubo. basin tinuod or basin tungod walay WC ug overstocked .. heheheh
what do you think? was the professional aquabotanist saying the truth or was he just trying to make a buck from new setup. 
all those accumulated fish poo has to have an effect siguro noh??
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While it is true that substrate nutrients can get depleted, it will not kill plants; they just slow their growth a bit or show some deficiencies here and there. Slow growth is simply unacceptable for show tanks and for seasoned aquascapers, thats why substrate augmentation/relacement is recommended. Mulm deposited on the gravel slowly becomes nutrients but plants take them up faster than they are replenished.
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Originally Posted by zerk
dili harmful sa uban plants ug fishes ang algaemin?
BBA infested akong tank karon. :P
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I have yet to see or read of an effective algaecide that does not contain copper. It is usually copper sulfate or some chelate of copper. We add copper sulfate to our swimming pools so that they dont turn slimy and green. hehehe.
Its not harmful to fish and plants but it is harmful to inverts. Some more so than others.
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Originally Posted by svmx123
I have a 2.3 watts per gallon. Ni brown ang tips sa akong riccia, dili na gud green tanawon akong tank brown na hehehehehehehe Not just my riccia but some of my vals kay ni brown sad iyang tip after I trimmed it.
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@svmx, have you tried dosing with KNO3 kung naa bay effect?