I am presently using almond leaves and a media bag with organic peat moss{known as Canadian peat moss} in my 10 gal to lower the PH. I have Ecocomplete as a substrate, and my PH was running a couple points higher than I wanted. I am soon switching to Aquasoil Amazonia, so I will have to see but probably won't need it anymore there. My cube tanks were started with generic peat & compost potting soil as a base, covered with ordinary small gravel & a white sand path. I did notice a difference from the first cube to the second, as different soils were used. The second cube is just beginning to win the battle over the initial algae problems I experienced. Not sure exactly what the difference was.
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