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When i took the wood out in my main tank (tank 1) (the moss/wood) had a ton of algae. Light was too high while everything else was too high as well. I put apt feast in the space where the wood took up. The feast was soaked in a bucket for 3 weeks changing the bucket water each week. I underestimated the potency of this soil. So daily removal of algae by airline tube of what I could remove as well as topping the water that was lost. I knew i would eventually win the battle just a game of battling the nh4 leech. So once the leech is done I can just redo the whole tank and settle back into my regular routine as well as ponder whether I should go back to my old dosing routine. Here is the steps I did on the redo
1 remove all plants
2 wipe algae away from plants
3 siphon soil (i didn't do this efficiently at all)
4 add root tabs
5 arrange plants replant
6 change water
 
If apt feast can grow uaupes it can probably grow just about anything. Im sorry master Dennis wong but I wont be investing into your soil. I will stick with mastersoil as my go to. Your soil just leeches way too much. Yes some leech is a good thing and booms growth but your soil is just too ultra potent. It creates too much work for me as me the farmer. And I cannot keep up, its a guarentee algae for me using fresh feast. Cyano is one of the main ones although I dont have much of it and its easy to manually remove with a siphon. Bba seems to be a problem with this type soil too. Ive read 2 sources 8ppm leech that's just way too much. I cant hang with a 90% water change especially filling rodi jugs that'll wear and tear and burn me out. This soil should be called advanced expert Aquarist apt feast. That said you've got good product lines going.
Below pics for attention uaupes in apt feast. No melting just deficiencies. Only 15 to 20% of the tank is filled with apt feast. All area is consumed by uaupes. See the timeframe apt feast was added to these current pics. They're a little bit deficient right now but that's an easy fix. So you get an idea of how potent the soil is and dosing and cec or tabs justs increases longetivity.

Water change(wc) x1 is 5g jug, x2 2 5g jugs. Gh is remin salty shrimp gh booster. Pure rodi is no remin. All 20g long tank

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