pH reducers

[whitemok]

my experience I've used muriatic acid to lower pH.
I'm finding on the internet, there are pH reducers. Has anyone use the pH reducers?

 

[JamesW]

Muriatic acid is the best pH reducer.

Sulfuric acid and sodium bisulfate are other acids that reduce pH.

Carbon dioxide lowers the pH without affecting the total alkalinity. It gets lost to the air, so it's mostly a waste of money.

I would stick with the muriatic acid.

 

[whitemok]

thank you for clarifying that.

 

[jblizzle]

And if you read the ingredients on all those reducers, it is just the stuff that James mentioned.
Although that Green Envy very well might just be diluted muriatic acid.

 

[JamesW]

If you're getting a rising pH, you might want to keep the TA (total alkalinity) lower.

I would suggest a pH of 7.8 and a TA of about 60.

 

[whitemok]

thank you all for clarifying that.