my new baby... AKA The Café

[Mhamilton0911]

Wow… the whole last half of this page is a… bit… concerning…

Nah. That's normal.

 

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I’m watching the tank which now has a running sump. Oh and I’m transferring the mollies to their new home.

I should do Mollies... I have a spare 30 sphere for my daughter. When her room is clean enough I can set that up, move her Convicts over, and set up the 20 as a Molly tank and slowly bring it to saltwater levels. Then it can be my hospital/QT once they're switched over...

 

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fire mermaid is still happening!

All I can see in my mind right now is Ursula with flaming hair...

 

[shadow_k]

Careful what you wish for.

Sir I’m married …

 

[tbrown]

Careful what you wish for.

Where's that vomit emoji...

 

[tbrown]

Wow… the whole last half of this page is a… bit… concerning…

TWSS

 

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TWSS

Sorry @F i s h y

 

[Projects with Sam]

Wow… the whole last half of this page is a… bit… concerning…

goes fast

 

[Projects with Sam]

Where's that vomit emoji...

thought I covered that!

 

[tbrown]

 

[Reeflix]

Man, and I was eating when I saw this!

 

[Troylee]

POP...

...

These pink buebees are twice the size now!

 

[Projects with Sam]

when I add vinegar to my tank it drops my PH bigtime. it'll bounce back but its disheartening to see. Can anyone give me the quick chemistry?

 

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when I add vinegar to my tank it drops my PH bigtime. it'll bounce back but its disheartening to see. Can anyone give me the quick chemistry?

How much are you adding at one time? Adding vinegar drops your alkalinity, not as much as adding muriatic acid, but still some. Dropping your alkalinity drops your pH.

 

[tbrown]

when I add vinegar to my tank it drops my PH bigtime. it'll bounce back but its disheartening to see. Can anyone give me the quick chemistry?

I add 2 ml 10 times daily.

 

[Troylee]

when I add vinegar to my tank it drops my PH bigtime. it'll bounce back but its disheartening to see. Can anyone give me the quick chemistry?

It’s normal but idk why haha! I’m struggling to keep my ph over 8 once I started zeo and bacto balance.. I even got my way oversized skimmer pulling air from outside.

 

[Projects with Sam]

no brah day!

 

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Chemistry 101: Vinegar is acid, acid is less than pH 7. Adding acid to water lowers pH.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Chemistry 101: Vinegar is acid, acid is less than pH 7. Adding acid to water lowers pH.

hmm is there a common practice to safely neutralize the acid before adding it to the tank I'm not aware of?

like if I add a bit of 2-part alk to the vinegar to neutralize it will I still get the benefit of the carbon? guess I should ask on the chemistry page...

 

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hmm is there a common practice to safely neutralize the acid before adding it to the tank I'm not aware of?

like if I add a bit of 2-part alk to the vinegar to neutralize it will I still get the benefit of the carbon? guess I should ask on the chemistry page...

I'm not sure... Adding a base would neutralize the acidity but would it also neutralize the benefit of dosing vinegar? Adding air can raise the pH to normalize water with a low pH. I wonder what aerating vinegar would do.