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Baking Soda to lower pH
"Steve (Dart)" wrote in message ... OK, first of all BS will make PH go up, think about it, high PH is alkaline water not acidic. I have no idea what you have done to your pond. time to start over I would think Not exactly. Baking soda is (IIRC) 8.2 ph, so it WILL drop the a ph from 9.0. It is a buffer, bringing the pond ph back towards 8.2, whether the ph is 9.0 or 6.0. If you are further out - say below 6 or over 10, it will have a significant effect, but closer to 8.2 it takes a lot to move the ph. I've read varying amounts - a pound per 700 gallons, a pound a week, etc, so I can't say what is correct. Your plants are happy, do your fish seem happy too? |
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