Knowledge is power! You are welcome!

 

Are you using it to pick up actual Aqua Soil - the ADA brand - or some other type of dirt/clay-based substrate? Aquasoil is sometimes used as a generic term and causes a ton of confusion for newcomers.

 

Good question. I am using Fluval Stratum.

It appears that in our hobby this may now be a bit like Kleenex vs facial tissue. On Amazon you can find Landen using "aqua soil" in their substrate ad.

Perhaps we should use "aqua soil" for generic substrate and Aquasoil for the ADA substrate product? We could use "substrate" but that would include sand, yard dirt and kitty litter.

It might be hard to get the horses back into this barn.

 

I to have used magnets for pick up on Fluval Stratum.

This is where I really enjoy using the term aquarium soil.

 

No fkin way? Ima try this later today if this works for ADA amazonia v1. That would be amazing

 

Yes. Way!

My guess is that it depends on the iron content. Today I tied a string to one of my magnets and did a bit of trolling for the unappreciated efforts of my cories and it works so well.

It did also pull out some gravel bits but I just dropped them back in.

 

Yes. Way!

My guess is that it depends on the iron content. Today I tied a string to one of my magnets and did a bit of trolling for the unappreciated efforts of my cories and it works so well.

It did also pull out some gravel bits but I just dropped them back in.

Do you happen to have any other brands/varieties of substrate on-hand to test?

Seems like a cool idea for someone out there to test and put in a thread.

 

I have Seachem Fluorite in my tank also but it is beneath the Stratum and has not made it up to the "the beach" for me to test. I do not have any left over either.

This thread seems like a good place to continue with testing other brands?

Here is a link to the kind of magnet I used. The hole made it easy to put some string through.

 

I've got a bunch of suitable magnets. Guess I just need to suck it up and do it, as I do have a couple dozen brands of clay/soil-based substrates like that. May take a while or have to wait until I move but will definitely test some out.