Azoo Premium Peat Moss

[CookieM]

Hey everyone, I decided to use peat since I cannot get my pH lower than 7.3 and I don't like using active soil it ugly and dirty for my taste.

I found this product: Azoo Premium Peat Moss @ http://www.amazon.com/Azoo-AZ16040-P...6882645&sr=1-2

Has anyone use this product before? Would you recommend this vs the one they sell in garden store?

Also I get a bit confuse how to use this I'm suppose to put it in my filter to release the hydrogen ions to the water. Do I need to add carbon also?

[mordalphus]

no, you don't need to add carbon. The acid from the peat will release hydrogen ions which will bind with calcium in your water, lowering your hardness.

That product is just pelletized peat, which will unpelletize as soon as you put it in your filter. Might as well grab some peat from the hardware store and save yourself a few dollars. Fluval also has a peat product which is also just peat moss.

[CookieM]

Cool thank mordalphus

How do you recommend I should use the peat? Some youtube video selling peat ball and they just squeeze the hell out of it in water making it look so dirty.

Other use it as substrate but it's too late for that now since my tank already accomplished for quite a long time now.

Can I create a smaller peat ball and left it sitting in my filter?

[mordalphus]

Yes, get a filter media bag .59 cents from petsmart and pack it full of peat. Then put that in your filter.

Every month or two when the peat stops working, remove the bag, dump it in your garden, and then fill it with new peat. Then just replace it in your filter and voila.

However you said your pH is 6.6, which is fine for most everything. Is there a reason you want to drop it more? Peat would probably make it 5 or less.

[CookieM]

Originally Posted by mordalphus

Yes, get a filter media bag .59 cents from petsmart and pack it full of peat. Then put that in your filter.

Every month or two when the peat stops working, remove the bag, dump it in your garden, and then fill it with new peat. Then just replace it in your filter and voila.

However you said your pH is 6.6, which is fine for most everything. Is there a reason you want to drop it more? Peat would probably make it 5 or less.

Ah that's a typo I wanted it to get to 6.6. Mine is at 7.3

[mordalphus]

Ahh, then yeah, peat will work

[CookieM]

Thanks again, I'll go to Walmart for it tomorrow. OH boy going to fight the late mother day crowds just for peat lol

[CatB]

if you don't want your tank to look "dirty" or stained with tannins, add some carbon, or better- seachem purigen- to your filter. it will remove the tannins but the lowered pH will remain.

[CookieM]

Originally Posted by CatB

if you don't want your tank to look "dirty" or stained with tannins, add some carbon, or better- seachem purigen- to your filter. it will remove the tannins but the lowered pH will remain.

Yeah I plan to do that, I got Marineland active carbon.

[CookieM]

Update: I bought Miracle Gro Phagnum Peat Moss



scooped about two 6 tablespoon worth each for my tank. It has been sitting in my filter for almost 24 hours and I notice pH dropped from 7.3 to 7.1. How long will it take for me to get it to 6.6 or lower?

Also is that enough? 6 table spoon each for 13 gallon and 3 gallon tank.

[GeToChKn]

The Miracle Gro moss is going to be loaded with ferts and that's not something you want to be putting into your tanks or your filter. I don't think you should be using that at all and I would take it out. You need spagnum peat moss without any ferts in it.

In addition, the problem with adding peat to a filter, is it's going to exhaust itself and then your pH will rise so you constantly have to check ph to make sure it's not rising, then when it is, you have to change the peat, and then it will lower again, and you can't control how low it will lower.

I used peat here http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...at-filter.html but I filter the water through peat instead.

With my current setup and testing, I can get it pretty stable at 5.8 for my first bottle, 6.0 for my 2nd, 6.4 for my third, and I use those for different tanks that I want a different pH in. I can squeeze the peat and get water coming out at 4.0pH though, so it can have a variety of effects.


I would take that out of your filter though, I wouldn't trust the ferts in there.

[CookieM]

Where did you get your peat? And what's the package looks like?

[GeToChKn]

Originally Posted by CookieM

Where did you get your peat? And what's the package looks like?

Hardware store, just regular spagnum peat moss,which has no ferts added to it.

[CookieM]

Originally Posted by GeToChKn

Hardware store, just regular spagnum peat moss,which has no ferts added to it.

Hm... I went to Home Depot this is the only peat they have. I going to have to find other retailer.

[acitydweller]

hey cookie, Home stores will carry it like lowes or homedepot. Organic is best if you can source it. If you went to home depot, have then check this Store SKU # 673166, Model # 064277-200303

You can use this one:

This Lakeland 3.0 cu. ft. Sphagnum Peat Moss is genuine Canadian sphagnum. The organic peat moss comes in a compressed-volume bale that will expand when opened.

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/outdoor...ss-176103.html