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					Originally Posted by  Animal-Chin
					 
				 
				Have you asked the workers in the store if they are aware of this?  Maybe they have no idea?  I cant think of a reason for them to purposely have alk that high? 
			
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 Chances are they are adding ph buffers and not aware of the rise in total alkalinity
And yes going from a ph of 8.8 to 8.1 would be hard on a fish if just thrown in but if it's dripped then it would have no affect at all on them , Alk itself has no effect on fish either
