Vincerama2
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So I decided I should keep a closer eye on my water parameters, after letting Wifebane run on autopilot for a long time. One thing I noticed when I finally checked was that my ALK was really low. So I dosed it back up to about 9.5 dkH over the course of 2 weeks. I then decided to just start testing everything to make sure I haven't let anything else drift. So the latest thing is pH. And I posted a question about pH probes just recently.
OK, so here is where Circle of Dumbness comes in...
I have a box of test kits with old tests in it. I also bought new test kits quite recently, but wanted to see what was expired and needed tossing. In the box, I find a bottle of "API Proper pH 8.2". Oh! Look at that! So I'm thinking ... I have this and it's probably just baking soda and stuff...should I use it? So I did a Google search on "API Proper pH Reef tank" and the first search result that wasn't an ad for some online company selling Proper pH 8.2 is a link back to this forum! So I click on the link and .... it was a post I made 14 years ago about how I found a bottle of Proper pH 8.2 and used it and it killed all the mushrooms I had in my office aquarium and how I'll never use it again, and hilariously ... how I had found the bottle and it must be old and I shouldn't have used it. And here I am, 14 years later ... looking at the same bottle of Proper pH 8.2 .... LOL!
OK, so here is where Circle of Dumbness comes in...
I have a box of test kits with old tests in it. I also bought new test kits quite recently, but wanted to see what was expired and needed tossing. In the box, I find a bottle of "API Proper pH 8.2". Oh! Look at that! So I'm thinking ... I have this and it's probably just baking soda and stuff...should I use it? So I did a Google search on "API Proper pH Reef tank" and the first search result that wasn't an ad for some online company selling Proper pH 8.2 is a link back to this forum! So I click on the link and .... it was a post I made 14 years ago about how I found a bottle of Proper pH 8.2 and used it and it killed all the mushrooms I had in my office aquarium and how I'll never use it again, and hilariously ... how I had found the bottle and it must be old and I shouldn't have used it. And here I am, 14 years later ... looking at the same bottle of Proper pH 8.2 .... LOL!
UGH, don't ever use Proper pH 8.2 !!
I found an old (maybe that's the problem?) bottle of Proper pH 8.2 and though (like an idiot) to add some to my tank in the office, expecting that it was basically baking soda and some vitamins. I put in one scoop, which is what the instructions say work for a 10g tank and BOOM, all the...
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