reMineralizing old aquasoil?

[FrannyB]

My aquasoil is about 2.5 yrs old. I've been adding Osmocote plus capsules ever since I started my Dutch scape earlier this year. Considering that it has been passed around that aquasoil ages and would need to be replaced, does anyone think a viable and less expensive option would be to remineralize it? What do you think?

[krisw]

I've got some rather old Aquasoil myself that still grows things wonderfully with dosing. I'm not sure how remineralizing it will do, but I'd think that you'd lose a lot of mass from the granules falling apart, than it would be worth doing. I pretty much keep it in the tank, unless it's turned totally to mud, then I scoop up just that section, and replace with fresh stuff. Of course, I don't bother with any of this unless I'm doing a full rescape...