On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 04:46:56 GMT, Moose
wrote:

That's rather odd. I know a Dr. of paleobiology who also teaches honours
chemistry who said that it would work.


Well, that Dr. better go back to school.

There is no way that adding baking soda will add any CO2 to the water.

A few aquatic plants CAN get their carbon from the carbonates in the
water, and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) will provide that. But it
is definitely NOT the same as adding CO2. Even for those few plants
that can use carbonate, it is a very inefficient process.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua