pH issue

[wildcat]

Does anyone have a picture of what they are buying for washing soda. I'm in KY and I can't seem to identify what I should buy.

Thanks
wildcat

 

[Illusion]

here ya go..

JAmes

 

[wildcat]

Seems pretty simple and straightforward. Now to find it. Thanks

 

[Illusion]

It should be in just about any grocery store over in the laundry detergent Isle.. make sure its uncented pure Washing soda..

HTH,
James

 

[Angelscrx]

Good learning experience for everyone. I always thought that cycling meant ammonia, nitrates and nitrites not PH. Interesting yes, very interesting. So I guess the only thing the cycling process doesn't impact is the salinity right?

 

[LakeEd]

I realize this is an older thread, but something that MAY of contributed to your lowering PH, was the introduction of your Phosban. The information that Mike gave me about it when I won some at the November meeting, was there is an initial drop in PH that you need to be careful with, so your tankmates don't get stressed.

Thank you for this thread by the way. I've known that I need to start using some form of baking sumptin to help my Oceanic, and this had the EXACT information that I needed! (6:1 bakingsoda/washing soda... baking at 250 for 1 hour... 1 tps per 20 gal)

Thanky Thanky Thanky!

 

[gobie]

Your Delima Is Not Un Founded I Had The Same Problem Recently With 2 Diffrent Brands Of Salt Both Were Mixed At1.024 Circulated Overnight Tested And Discarded I Checked This Against A Store Sample Of Water Both From A Lookdown Reef W A Ca Reactor, And Another From Fish Only. The Reef Came Out Ph 8.2 Alk10 @78 F / Fo Came Out At 7.78 Alk12 75f We Changed Salt Used Back To Instant Oceans And Problem Solved.