Raising ph in Quarantine

[Frag Hag]

I am continuing a hypo salinity treatment in my quarantine tank, and noticed my ph levels are low (7.8 in the afternoon)... My fault entirely. I was so involved in lowering the sg, that I forgot the ph would probably be affected. Yutz!

Anyway, I have a reef buffer, but I'm hesitant to use it in the 10 g. The instructions read: Dissolve 1 teaspoon of ReefPure Marine ph Buffer per 50 gallons of true water volume in about 1 cup of aquarium water. Mix and slowly add to sump or into strong water current.

I have neither sump or strong current, and I don't want to burn the seahorses; can I mix baking soda in with ro/di and salt water and add this to the tank to raise the ph?

[BubbaWPB]

The reef buffer is mostly baking soda anyway... one trick we use in the science lab to get small amounts is to make a solution and use part of it: dissolve 1 teaspoon in 1¼ cups of aquarium water... then add ¼ cup of the mixed solution. If you are concerned about adding it too fast, use an eye dropper.

[Frag Hag]

Thanks Bubba!

After a lengthy and serious contemplation of the reef buffer versus baking soda (I so need a life.) I opted to go with the baking soda. I figured if I could use it to brush my teeth, counter indigestion, and soothe bee-stings, it probably wouldn't hurt the horsies... uh, hippocampus reidis.

I've been mixing it in with waterchanges, and it seems to be working. Ph is back up, and I don't have to worry about the seahorses snicking their food too fast and getting indigestion.