Reef Tank PH!! How To Solve, Raise and Maintain It.
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Hi Fish of Hex. Is this your video?
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Is it ok? Attempted to get some helpful info out.
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Nice video. I just have a couple of comments. 
At one point you said something about not having CO2 in the water. That would probably best be said as not having excess CO2 in the water. If you stripped out all CO2, the pH would get well above 9.
At the end, you said to never add an alkalinity buffer. I'm not sure exactly what sort of product you are suggesting to avoid, but if you need alkalinity, and especially if you do not need calcium, that would be a fine product to use. Many people might call the alkalinity part of a two part an alkalinity buffer, although whether that description is technically correct will depend on exactly how it is made.
At one point you said something about not having CO2 in the water. That would probably best be said as not having excess CO2 in the water. If you stripped out all CO2, the pH would get well above 9.
At the end, you said to never add an alkalinity buffer. I'm not sure exactly what sort of product you are suggesting to avoid, but if you need alkalinity, and especially if you do not need calcium, that would be a fine product to use. Many people might call the alkalinity part of a two part an alkalinity buffer, although whether that description is technically correct will depend on exactly how it is made.
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I should of said that correctly my bad. Non of the videos are scripted so sometimes things dont come out perfectly. Either way i keep people away from alkalinity buffers outside 2 part and kalk for one simple reason they always seem to put to much and things get all messed up and start to die. This is just what iv seen over the years so i point people in the direction of correcting those problems with continuing to dose equal parts of 2 part. In the end all my videos are intended to guide others in the right direction based on personal experience and countless books i have read. I have come to understand i am so far from knowing everything but my intention to help others outweighs that. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video btw.
