baking soda clears your water???

[petitericeball]

im just wondering if its safe because i didint know if he was saying it to make fun of his moms friend or to say something about baking soda clears water...

 

[JoKeR]

I ask my self the same question

 

[petitericeball]

i needa know because my waters foggy and i want it clear NOW lol

 

[sinistral]

I don't know if baking soda will clear up water, but I do know that baking soda is Sodium Bicarbonate. Maybe one of the chemists out there will be able to calculate this for sure, but if you add enough of a weak base to a solution you will either be adding a buffer or raising the pH. I wouldn't add it unless I were sure what effect it would have on the pH...

 

[st.cichlid]

i wasant making fun just saying that just cause you use it in a pool doaent mean its safe for feeesh

 

[petitericeball]

i didnt mean it like that just like checking if you really can use baking soda lol even though i doubted it its worth a try

 

[phoenix]

Im fairly certain bakinfg soda will mess up your PH and possibly cause you other problems in the tank.

 

[Opcn]

Bakeing soda will raise ph and hardness so be carful They make products to clear water and they make diatom filters to polish water clean. Baking soda is only important in soft water areas.

Opcn

 

[thecichlidaddict]

baking soda will raise the KH of the water, and raise the ph to, and no further then, 8.2. It's a great tool to use in alkaline tanks like that of African cichlids, but otherwise should be avoided.

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME>>>>>

I DID THIS AS A CHILD AND I FEEL BAD FOR IT ....

I know if you cover bread pieces in Baking soda and give them to seagulls the seagulls will explode ....

 

[DrOizo]

Fozzy you must have been a baaaadddd child Poor seagulls

 

[HeatherSweetness]

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME>>>>>

I DID THIS AS A CHILD AND I FEEL BAD FOR IT ....

I know if you cover bread pieces in Baking soda and give them to seagulls the seagulls will explode ....

Oh my.

Sounds much like what they say about throwing rice at weddings and the birds eating the rice,their bellies swell and rupture. I haven't experienced that but I've heard it alot.

 

[st.cichlid]

i cant belive some body would put baking soda in a tank no offence fozzy

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

i cant belive some body would put baking soda in a tank no offence fozzy

UUMMMM I didnt mean putting it in a tank.

and if you read the posts before you will that it can be good for tanks. if used correctly...


i was talking about seagulls

 

[thecichlidaddict]

i cant belive some body would put baking soda in a tank no offence fozzy

I use it in my tank and you don't have to believe it