Alkalinity-increasing (”buffer”) powdered blend formulated specifically for maintaining pH-stability in Rift Lake biotope aquaria and other systems housing fishes and plants endemic to environments with an alkaline pH.
Not a re-packaged marine aquarium buffer.
Helps increase pH stability in an aquarium by raising the alkalinity; continued addition raises pH to a range of
7.9 – 8.3.
Formulated by a marine scientist.
Alkalinity, also referred to as carbonate hardness or buffering capacity, is essentially a means of quantifying the stability of pH in a solution, such as aquarium water. Maintaining the alkalinity in rift lake aquaria between 5 – 10 dKH (~1.8 – 3.6 meq/L) will generally maintain pH within the desired range. Note that the water chemistry of Lakes Victoria, Malawi, and Tanganyika are different, and the parameters maintained in biotope systems should reflect those differences.
