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LFS_worker
08/22/2006, 01:32 PM
This stuff safe for DkH buffer? 20 mule team borax.

thanks in advance randy or whomever
Brian Borate

p.s. - my last name gets funnier everytime I type it.

Randy Holmes-Farley
08/22/2006, 02:31 PM
No. It boosts alkalinity as borate, but corals cannot use it for anything.

This article has more:

Boron in a Reef Tank
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/dec2002/chem.htm

and these may be useful:

The Seachem Borate Alkalinity Test Kit
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2003/chem.htm

The Salifert Boron Test Kit
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2003/chem.htm

Habib
08/22/2006, 03:19 PM
Brian Borate

p.s. - my last name gets funnier everytime I type it.


:lol: :)