I had a slight PH and KH problem with a substrate, so instead of tearing down the tank, I added HCl. I added roughly 300 ml to a 15 gallon tank and the PH plummeted and took the KH with it. I'm sitting and testing it and I get a stable PH of 6.8 and a KH of 17.
Here's my question, as a by product of the reaction Cl- is formed, if I added declorinator to the tank, would that get rid of the Cl-?
The tank seems to be stabilizing and hopefully I have exhausted all the CO3 from the substrate. I probably will raise the PH slighly with buffers.
Here's my question, as a by product of the reaction Cl- is formed, if I added declorinator to the tank, would that get rid of the Cl-?
The tank seems to be stabilizing and hopefully I have exhausted all the CO3 from the substrate. I probably will raise the PH slighly with buffers.