What the @#&%?? Birdsnest Bubble Growths

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

Baking soda only drops PH slightly and it is temporary. I was adding 5 tablesppons to my tank a day and the PH never dropped at all when I measured it a hour laiter but the alk did come up.

Steve,

I've used baking soda to raise alk and have a pH probe to measure pH during the addition of the baking soda. Big freaking changes as it is being added which has to be somewhat stressful to the tank.