白格格 寫:
littleming 寫:
加少許白醋...
這個...我不知道是真的還是假的,但是醋的酸跟我們要的酸成分不同,你有嘗試過了嗎?
還是這只是講笑的?
過了好久了,偶然在aquabotanic看到這個,忽然又想到之前的這一個疑點,白醋只是短期的降低pH,長期性卻會提高pH:
"White vinegar to lower pH?
posted Wed August 20 2003 12:30 PM
I haven't used it, and I wouldn't use it. There's at least one detrimental side effect to using vinegar (acetic acid) and there are several alternatives.
I have to ask, what is your pH, why is it higher than you want and why do you want it lower?
Acetic acid is excellent bacteria food. Bacteria in your tank and filter will convert it to some form of inorganic carbon. When that happens the bacteria will use oxygen and increase the oxygen demand on the tank. At the same time the acidifying effect from the vinegar will go away. If the bacteria work fast then the problems will be noticable. Otherwise all you see is that the vinegar effect disappears.
I'm not sure that the bacteria will produce just CO2. The acetic acid in the vinegar contains a negative electrical charge, so to preserve the charge balance I expect that the bacteria will produce one mole of CO2 and one mole of HCO3- (bicarbonate) from each mole of acetic acid in the vinegar. In that case, the CO2 will be used or escape, leaving you with the bicarb. Bicarb is KH; producing bicarb increases KH and that causes the pH to be higher than it was to start with. So you might get a short-term decline in pH but a long term increase in pH.
If you do add acetic acid then you will not be able to measure CO2. Acetic acid is a non-carbonate buffer and will change the readings from CO2 kits and from the KH/pH method.
If you want to lower pH in a planted tank then the first course is to increase the CO2. If you have as much CO2 in the tank as you want or can get, then you look to other ways of getting the pH down.
If you don't want to add CO2 then the best way to lower pH is to add water -- distilled, deionized water. If you mix your water with an equal volume of distilled water then (all else being the same) you will knock 0.3 off the pH. Larger proportions of distilled water will give you bigger changes in pH.
If CO2 and dilution don't do it for you, then the last way to lower pH is to lower KH by adding a strong acid. Hydrochloric (muriatic) acid or sulfuric acid are the most likely choices. Either one must be handled with care. "
Roger Miller
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