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Originally Posted by marie
sigh, if anyone is keeping count, the bucket of salt my husband picked up for me is one of the low dkh ones  . It's not like i can just run to the closest lfs to pick up some more either and I'm in the process of filling my 175g bowfront  |
I'm told that you can adjust the alk pretty easily with baking soda (sodium bicarb). It beats the heck out of a long drive and expensive shipping...
From advanced aquarist To raise 50 gallons of tank water by 1 meq/L will require about 16 grams of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydrogencarbonate). Since a level teaspoon of baking soda weighs just under 6 grams, then 1 teaspoon will raise the alkalinity in that 50 gallons by ~0.4 meq/L (~1 dKH).