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The pH dropped to 8.39@Randy Holmes-Farley @taricha
I redid the sodium hydroxide experiment with a new salifert test kit. I’m still waiting on the Red Sea alk and Brightwell boost pH+
I’m going to try to graph it on my own, but I never did a graph like that in a while, so pardon me in case I couldn’t figure it out before you get to the results.
pH Start: 7.95
Starting alk: 7.3dKH
1L beaker test tank with magnetic stirrer and pH probe.
Dosed 0.2mL of 1M NaOH
pH: 8.21
Alk: 8.15dKH
added another 0.2mL of 1M NaOH
pH: 8.41
Alk: 8.75dKH
I am going to titrate Boost pH+ tomorrow to determine its concentration. It sounds like you won’t need it but we’ll have it for future reference.Ah. Never mind. I found this:
Sounds good. I’ll let you handle the experiment.I am going to titrate Boost pH+ tomorrow to determine its concentration. It sounds like you won’t need it but we’ll have it for future reference.
thanks, so in this exercise shared earlier......Titrated Boost pH+ this morning and it is 0.23 N
From Jack:
We did a little test this morning to see what would happen in a test such as this.
1) We took 1 gallon of tank water from an established aquarium, the pH of the sample was tested with a freshly calibrated probe and was 8.03. The alkalinity was tested via API test kit and was 9.0
2) We added 1ml of Boost pH+ from a lot numbered bottle of shelf stock, stirred and retested 5 minutes after adding. The results were pH at 8.19 and alkalinity was 9.0
3) We added another 1ml of Boost pH+ from the same bottle, stirred and retested 5 minutes after adding. The results were pH at 8.31 and alkalinity was still 9.0
4) The pH settled out at 8.38 after another 10 minutes and the alkalinity was still 9.0. Total addition of Boost pH+ had been 2 ml.
Me too, but for a different reason.
Me too, but for a different reason.
My what the heck moment happened while titrating. Are we at the point of needing to prove first principles all over again to squelch vendor claims?