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Thread: Low PH and High Nitrates

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02-06-2004, 02:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Land_Fish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Low PH and High Nitrates The link I posted above has the cure for each imbalance. Do not add anything for 2 days and then retest. snip... If alkalinity were less than 4 meq/L (11 dKH; the most common situation in zone 4; shown in Figure 5), I would advise correcting this problem by adding an alkalinity supplement until you have moved into the target zone (or zone 1). For systems with a pH of 8.2 or above, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a good choice. For systems with a pH below 8.2, washing soda (sodium carbonate) is a good choice (though use some baking soda too if the correction is a large one and the pH gets too high; that is, above pH 8.5 or so). Dave

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