PH Buffers..

[AquataHolic420]

What are some good PH buffers out there?
...besides filtration, plants, and water changes, peat, crush coral, wood,
what can you do to make your PH go up and down with good control, and isnt dangerous for your fish? For emergency situations...

 

[AquataHolic420]

anyone wanna help me out, while im in the middle of the brain fart.

 

[Oddball]

Peat and wood have softening effects which acidify water.To increase and maintain alkaline conditions, calcium carbonate is the material of choice. You can achieve this through the use of aragonite which has to be refreshed/replaced every couple of years (depending on the initial water pH). Crushed coral leeches more slowly but, is more stable over the long run. Block limestone, such as cretaceous limestone fossil-bearing rock and Texas holey rock, also release calcium carbonate at slower and longer durations.

Quick "fixes" should be done with caution and can be achieved with small-grain aragonite/aragonite sand, and crushed oyster shell (sold as bird grit).

 

[StingrayFanatic]

SEACHEM sells severals buffing products which I have used in the past. They worked for me

 

[StingrayFanatic]

I meant buffering ..........sorry.