Re: Acids to lower pH (was: RE: Lime Deposits)

[Jacques BESSON <jbesson@club-internet.fr>]

You're right : muriatic acid is the old name for hydrochloric acid.
It's a strong acid and Forsberg in" The great book about Cichlids" from Konings
recmmend the use of H3PO4 a weak acid; and in my opinion that is safer for you ,
your clothes and eyes.
J.Besson
PS Be careful : it's dangerous to put water in acid, you have to put acid in
water

Beaudry, Kyle : SEN a écrit:

> Kim or Steve:
>
> I have noticed that the majority of the commercially available pH down's are
> comprised of sulphuric acid.
> You said that you use muriatic, if I remember correctly from my First year
> Chemistry classes muriatic is Hydrochloric acid which when dissolved in
> water will dissassociate into Hydrogen and Chlorine ions. I spend a whack of
> cash buying water treatment product to remove chlorine from my tap water
> before doing my WC's. I assume you have been using the muriatic for some
> time, and you have not noticed any ill effects? Probably a simple
> explanation for this... it just got me to thinking and I was curious because
> one litre of muriatic is sure cheaper than the commercially prepared pH down
> out there. It was the thought that adding HCl to my tanks would cause
> problems so I refrained. Could anyone shed some light?
>
> Thanks
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kim Rogers or Steve Hatfield [SMTP:stevekim@indy.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:35 PM
> > To:   apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> > Subject:      Re: Lime Deposits
> >
> > I have used a product called lime away on MT tanks it works pretty good.
> > Now
> > I use muratic acid and it works very well and no problems with the fish I
> > even use it to lower my Ph. You can get muratic acid at most hardware or
> > homecenter stores and its cheap compared to other products. just be
> > careful
> > it is acid!!!
> >
>
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