ooop's got sent out to soon, not finished

One needs to be careful with the word "buffering capacity, as seawaters maximum buffering
capacity ( Bc) is at a pH of 6 and 9. In this hobby the term buffering capacity is used
incorrectly, but is used to mean alk or the acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of the water.
**If** the pH was high, due to RO/DI water, it could only be due OH-, which is part of
your alk. High pH is almost always accompanied by a high Alk, unless we are dealing with a
very heavy planted tank, so how could it destroy it ?

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