Dosing ms wages and baking soda

[usmc121581]

I hav been dosing pickling like every 1-2 weeks for over 3 years now, recently I read that some people are using baking soda to keep the alk up. I tested the water today after I bought a new test kit and it measured roughly 7 dkh. So I was going to use baking soda to raise it. What do others feel on dosing there tank with these two.

 

[kfisc]

I've found precipitation events get a bit more likely; I've really had to decide that my tank seems to like it right at about 7.5 or so and just leave it.

 

[bertoni]

Baking soda is fine for supplementing alkalinity. It leaves the pH largely unchanged. If you want a bit of a pH boost, baked baking soda is higher in pH.

 

[usmc121581]

I just need to raise alk calcium is good and PH was 8.0 this evening

 

[bertoni]

Okay, baking soda should be fine.

 

[kfisc]

Okay, baking soda should be fine.

Does the presence of pickling lime make any difference when dosing baking soda?

 

[bertoni]

You need to dose them separately into the tank, but that's about all that matters.

 

[radicaltimes]

Google Randy's two part. It will tell you alot about making your own .

 

[usmc121581]

I dosed the baked baking soda earlier today and my corals looked 10x better O I will test the alk tomorrow and see where it's at.

 

[bertoni]

Okay, that sounds like good progress! Daily alkalinity tests for a while should help you get a good trend line for consumption. Testing at the same time each day makes the estimate more accurate.