phosphate & baking soda

[SkyCatcher]

Hi,

I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is there
any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?

Sky

[Tasslehoff]

There shouldn't be as the only ingredient in my box of soda is sodium
bicarbonate. It's usually the pH down products that have the nasty
biphosphates in them.

"SkyCatcher" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is
> there
> any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?
>
> Sky
>
>

[SkyCatcher]

cheers,

I had removed the label from mine so couldn't check!


"Tasslehoff" > wrote in message
u...
> There shouldn't be as the only ingredient in my box of soda is sodium
> bicarbonate. It's usually the pH down products that have the nasty
> biphosphates in them.
>
> "SkyCatcher" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is
> > there
> > any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?
> >
> > Sky
> >
> >
>
>

[SkyCatcher]

Our water is so soft (gh/kh 0) we have buffer with coral otherwise our pH
just crashes....

"TYNK 7" > wrote in message
...
> >Subject: phosphate & baking soda
> >From: "SkyCatcher"
> >Date: 10/4/2004 4:30 AM Central Daylight Time
> >Message-id: >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is
there
> >any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?
> >
> >Sky
> >
>
> Oh sweetie darling, send your water to me!!!
> (liquid rock for water here)

[Mean_Chlorine]

Thusly "SkyCatcher" > Spake Unto All:

>> >I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is
>there
>> >any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?

There might be. Check the label on the package, "baking soda" may
depending on brand contain both phosphate and starch, neither of which
will help your water. It should only contain sodium bicarbonate.

However, my suggestion to you is to put some limestones in the
aquarium.

[Dr Engelbert Buxbaum]

SkyCatcher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm raising the pH of my acid water (6.4 - 7.4) using baking soda. Is there
> any phosphate in this as I'm getting an algae bloom?

Baking soda or baking powder? The former should contain only sodium
carbonate, the later is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and acid, and
for that sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH2PO4) may be used.