sodium bisulfate for lowering ph

[apisto_shores]

What does anyone think about using sodium bisulfate for lowering
the ph. Dangerous or not? If not where do I get it?

Thanks,
Scott

 

[fishgeek]

i wouldnt because i dont know enough about it, i thought, and i may be welll wrong here, that sulphuric acid was not long lasting in the water coloumn so you will have more fluctuations in pH
saying that i believe i have read articles of david soares?? again i maybe wrong where he use's sulphuric acid to drop the pH to desired range
perhaps i need to learn more

share the knowledge scott

otherwise try this

andrew

 

[apisto_shores]

Thanks Andrew for the thread.

Scott

 

[Mike Wise]

The trick with acidifying water for apistos is to do it without increasing the electrical conductivity of the water. I'm no chemist, but wouldn't the sulfate ion increase electrical conductivity more than, say, the chloride ion if you used HCl?

 

[fishgeek]

i guess it would as sulphate is double negative charge so hydrogen ion and also one sodium ion(i think?)
so for each free hydrogen you are getting 2 other ions

i'm not a chemist either
how did it go scott?

andrew

 

[tjudy]

Conductivity would not be affected by the value of the charge on the ion, but rather the concentration of the ions in the water. The higher the concentration, the greater the conductivity. Personally, I would stay away from sulfate products. I think that in a low pH environment you run the risk of making hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic.

I am not a chemist either... I just play one for an hour a day.