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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob
Jason, you mentioned adding Boraxo, I've never heard of that. Is that for boron? Won't that throw you KH readings off?
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Borate, and sort of. But the addition of Borate will help in maintaining the PH stability. Straight Baking Soda tends to allow the carbonates to become exhausted leaving a carbonate starved water causing a drop in PH and then and increased in carbonate demand. The addition of Boraxo will increase the stability and make the effects longer lasting
BTW the actual mix is A&H 4 Boraxo 1
J