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mountain	Thu, 07 Oct 2004 4:45 pm Post #1
Down and Out Member No.: 22 Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3,225 Topics Started: 103 Joined: 25-Nov-03 Last seen online: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 4:58 pm User's local time: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 5:00 pm Green Water: Yes Country: Singapore	splitted from thread here. ---- I think for PH crash it might be misleading to have SODIUM BICARBONATE as 1st line of treatment .. SODIUM BICARBONATE is for buffering water, and not for treatment of fish's health plus if the PH crash, HB wouldn't advised you to dump 2 teaspoon of BS into the water immediately

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iso7012003	Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:13 am Post #2
Ordinary Member No.: 868 Group: Member Posts: 23 Topics Started: 1 Joined: 28-Jan-05 Last seen online: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 6:08 pm User's local time: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 5:00 pm Green Water: Not Telling Country: Hong Kong	Post splitted from here. === Dear HappyBuddha, "I dosed 2 g of baking soda to bring the pH up to 7.8" Where to buy this baking soda that you used to bring up the PH level? Is it industrial use product or just the regular one that we can buy from supermarket? Thanks

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mountain PH Buffer Thu, 07 Oct 2004 4:45 pm

goldrush Hi Mountain I agree with you that sodium bicar... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:03 am

HappyBuddha Good write-ups Goldrush! I'll try to ... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:42 am

cktan Err, i think goldfish can tolerate a sudden rise... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 7:44 pm

desireless I would agree for temperature. Rule of thumb is n... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:48 pm

cktan I nv tried this but i believe if one put a goldf... Sat, 09 Oct 2004 1:32 pm

goldrush Thxs for the compliment :good_very :unsure Espec... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:36 am

The Matrix What is Limited Filtration Techniques ? Other th... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 4:19 pm

goldrush Hi Matrix By my defination,simple and limited f... Sat, 09 Oct 2004 10:23 am

desireless One more point to note is, one of the reasons why ... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 2:55 pm

CP Hmm.. would the administrator help to split this b... Fri, 08 Oct 2004 7:17 pm

HappyBuddha Although koi and goldfish are in the same ... Sat, 09 Oct 2004 7:31 am

supzfier does it mean that > 1 as time goes by, biofilt... Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:43 am

The Matrix 1 - Yes. If the filtration media chosen does not... Mon, 10 Jan 2005 9:41 am

supzfier :blush have been buffering but really dont know ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:12 am

CP That is assuming that the old tank water is of lo... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 1:12 pm

mountain rule of thumb is 1 teaspoon per ft , but this is w... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:41 am

desireless BS will raise pH a little but that's not the w... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 2:04 pm

The Matrix Correct some of your mistakes hor ... BS will rai... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 3:49 pm

desireless Substantiate my post a little I have tested this... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 5:21 pm

CP For sake of discussion. If the experiment is to ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 6:26 pm

goldrush To add further to this interesting discussion If ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 4:10 pm

goldrush There seems to be a lot of confusion in the terms ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 4:18 pm

The Matrix hahahahahaha .... newbies will get suck into the d... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 4:25 pm

The Matrix Goldrush, add more confusion, Total Hardness is a ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 4:48 pm

goldrush Yo matrix, enough liao too cheem to understand.New... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 5:38 pm

The Matrix hahahahaha doc, dun apologize. Just my shooting ... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:23 am

CP Supzfier, Dont worry.This is easier to understand.... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 6:08 pm

desireless Sorry I misread the post. Somehow, it doesn't... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 6:54 pm

peter porker although highly not recommended, I have, out of de... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 7:33 pm

supzfier away from the discussion... assuming that the ... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:02 pm

peter porker I'm not sure BS works the same way as those... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:34 pm

desireless Re-did the experiment. There's a 0.5pH shift. ... Tue, 11 Jan 2005 9:05 pm

The Matrix Ah ken, you want me to start the shooting gallery ... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:17 am

desireless Ah Kenn, the important issue to address here is, ... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 2:41 am

The Matrix It's okay. Just an advice, dun limit yourself ... Wed, 12 Jan 2005 8:51 am

desireless Why would you want to buffer your old water for? A... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:28 am

jhansolo Won't that subject your fish to extreme pH s... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 1:58 pm

The Matrix 4 ppm of ammonium ions measured at pH of 6 does no... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 7:52 am

desireless It's just for comparison lah. A mastro like y... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 1:48 pm

desireless The ammonium/ammonia is in the water. So if you c... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 2:01 pm

jhansolo I'm not too convinced that BB is not there at ... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 6:28 pm

CP I share the same sentiments,though my example is ... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 7:24 pm

desireless I won't dare to say for sure that at pH6 ther... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:16 pm

CP I think 2 pH jump can kill.Thats 100 times differe... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 7:11 pm

mountain supzfier .. how are things? Thu, 13 Jan 2005 7:47 pm

desireless Like I say, before I knew about pH buffer and BB ... Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:24 pm

supzfier As one of those who dont practice buffering becaus... Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:09 am

jhansolo That is good continue to monitor, but your metho... Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:52 am

desireless Hi supzfier, You see, I kept stressing some poin... Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:06 pm

supzfier enlightened :good Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:04 pm

iso7012003 Post splitted from here. === Dear HappyBuddha, ... Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:13 am

desireless Hi, Baking Soda is "Sodium BiCarbonate... Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:19 am

The Matrix 碳酸氢钠。又... Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:51 am

iso7012003 Thanks a lot Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:27 pm

Bandit Hi, Newbie hereafter reading the super long posti... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:04 am

jowy_ham Me also newbie here, but would like to try answer ... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 2:33 am

desireless Very good! A Star!! :good_very Fri, 04 Mar 2005 2:40 am

CP Hoi, you member ID 147 consider newbie then I ID3... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:59 pm

desireless >>2 feet tank, OHF (Dolphin brand pump CR880... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 2:38 am

CP Bro, Do you mean 3 or 0.3? +/- pH of 3 means pH ... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 1:57 pm

desireless Alamak http://www.kapook.com/msn/images/emoticons... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 3:10 pm

jowy_ham Thank you, Thank you :P Glad to know that most ... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:19 am

CyberET hehehe.. pH 4.. fish almost dead liaoz Fri, 04 Mar 2005 2:08 pm

goldrush I like you cpiw remember what I post on the very ... Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:20 am

CP Oh NO!!! I already have a loving wife... Sat, 05 Mar 2005 1:50 pm

goldrush Dear Newbies On the subject of pH and what it has... Sun, 06 Mar 2005 10:12 am

Bandit Thanks guys for the reply I'm begining to have... Sun, 06 Mar 2005 6:36 pm

ranchu8 Hi, my green water fluctuates between 8.0 (day tim... Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:17 pm

CyberET hmm.. mine goes up to 10 at times :) Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:37 pm

clm2206 Hi bros, After reading a lot of posts about water... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 2:16 am

CyberET sort of :) your water is harder than what we get h... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 3:39 pm

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