Raising alk

[Dubge]

Do I just use plain old baking soda? How do I go about mixing in and what amounts should I add until I get to where I need to be?

thanks

 

[kempcottle]

i am just a newby so do not take my advice as golden. however, at the least you need to read my recent post just to see what can go wrong by adding "just baking soda"

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52040

any decent pet store should sell "buffer". try that instead. i am never using "just baking soda" again...although it is my own fault for overdosing.

 

[Dubge]

I had read that, Sorry to hear about your problems. That is what got me to ask about it a little. I have some buffer that came with a red sea test kit but I wanted to look into baking soda so if I wanted to do it in the future I would be ready

 

[Kevin1000]

Adding baking soda is a perfectly acceptable way of adding buffer to a tank. Just don't overdo it - you can add one teaspoon to your fresh water top off water making sure you mix it well before adding to the tank - wait a while and check alk level - I would not add more than one teaspoon per 25 gallons per day.

Hope this helps.

 

[SpicyBalls]

do you use any of those two part calcium/alk liquids? you can just add more of one till the other gets back in line.
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[Anonymous]

How do you think it would work to make a "slurry" of Baking soda, in a squeeze bottle? That way you can keep it arround for a while, and just shake it up when you need to add a bit. I figure that the squeeze bottle would be a convinient way of contoling dosage.

 

[ticker]

i had a high alk and i just waited a day or two and re-tested and it went down...it'll go down on it's own.