baking soda

[fishfreek]

I agree 100% with luke. This is the cheapest additive for your tank. It's not worth screwing up you tank over.

 

[chevron tang]

hey i used the buffer from kent and then started using the baking soda and both presented the same results. that's why i stuck with the baking soda because why buy something that costs more if something that costs less presents the same results. and rolltide i no longer work at the lfs but i do reccomend the powder tests over the liquid tests. i can't remember but i think it's made by sea lab. i'll check on it tomorrow because i'm going in the store to get my water tested.

 

[happy hopper]

Hi in reply to broomer5 its not that it took 9 months for me to rase the ph to the target range its just sumthing i had to keep an eye on at first that ment adding bufer once a week. but now after 9 months my tank is stable ( re no buffer) and a shift of .5 over 12 hr is fine better than low ph of say 7 " ya know what i mean ? ".And about my tank its great full of happy fish and corals

 

[happy hopper]

A shift of .5 over 12 hrs thats just the same amount of ph shifting you get if you dont have a refuge with reverse lighting cycle from day to night. day in day out every day please note i am not saying 5 but 0.5 a shift of 5 would be realy drastic and shure to shock the sys its not 5 its .5 thanks

 

[broomer5]

happy hopper
Sorry I misunderstood your earlier post.
And about the .5 pH shift - you're right - my bad.
I still will not use baking soda in my tanks, but to each his own.
Wish ya much enjoyment with your tank, fish and inverts

 

[coraltrapper5020]

I tried baking soda once. One tea spoon in a glass of water in to my 50 gallon fish only tank to raise my ph and in the morning every one was dead. I know this work with Afrcan cichlids. But never on a salt tank again.

 

[mal]

Just to throw in another, some folks use pickeling lime. Found in the canning section at supermarkets and such.