Marine Buffer ??

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  1. Vancop

    Vancop Skunk Shrimp

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    LFS recommended the Marine Buffer at startup...however I'm on good well water....My PH is 8.3 after 1 month and diatoms have just started .....should even use the Buffer? does it have more qualities then just maintaining PH ?
     
    Vancop, Feb 13, 2009
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  2. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    at this point you dont need a buffer. the less you can add the better
     
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  3. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    An easy home-made buffer mix is 1 part borax laundry booster to 4 parts arm and hammer baking soda. No point in paying for a label that's the same thing. You'll want to be checking you Alkalinity (and Calcium and Magnesium) levels though, not just your pH.
     
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  4. Vancop

    Vancop Skunk Shrimp

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    Picking up those tests tomorrow .... and is it still early for a WC ?? 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 20 nitrate Ph 8.3 Salinity 1.024 Brown alage is starting to blanket sand / rocks ..started about 4 days ago Tank almost 1 month old .....headed to town to " hire " some more janitors.....and look at a 125 gallon tank on CL !! excited !
     
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