pH Balance Kit

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I heard this some toner balance the ph.

How important is that? What does it do? Does pH help prevent getting pimples?? what toner is good to balance it?

I did some research and talked to my doctor to find the most common causes of acne.

• Hormones: The number one cause of acne is the production of sex hormones, known as androgen, that begins at puberty. This is why majority of acne sufferers are adolescents and teens. Hormones are responsible for then acne flare-ups during menstruation and pregnancy.

• When the sebaceous gland is stimulated by androgens, it produces extra sebum. In its journey up the follicle toward the surface, the sebum mixes with common skin bacteria and dead skin cells that have been shed from the lining of the follicle. While this process is normal, the presence of extra sebum in the follicle increases the chances of clogging — and acne.

• Stress: can also cause the production of hormones, such as cortisol, which can aggravate acne. Stress brings upon different hormone levels. With hormone changes the body prompts the skins oil glands to enlarge, secreting more oil. Which causes white heads, black heads and pimples.

• Oily or heavy make up: Heavy make-up clogs the pores and oily make-ups add more oil, which only adds to the problem if oily skin already exists. Cosmetics, especially certain moisturizers, foundations and pomades contain lanolin, petrolatum, vegetable oils, butyl stearate, lauryl alcohol and oleic acid.

• Certain medications and steroids: Vitamins are good for your body, But an excess of vitamins B1, B6 and B12 can cause acne flare-ups. These vitamins are good for the skin, but avoid overuse.

• Diets: For some people, a diet that is high in refined carbohydrates and sugars can actually aggravate their acne.

• Over abrasive cleansing: Harsh exfoliators can damage skin and spread infections.

• Picking and squeezing: This can actually send the infection deeper into the skin and can cause scarring.

• Environmental irritants: such as high humidity and pollution. High humidity actually causes swelling of skin. Pollution is of course is a big cause for clogging your pores.

• Genes: Family members who are also acne sufferers. Acne is inherited and severe cases known as cystic acne usually come from heredity.

And…

What the skin needs is a product that clears pores and kills bacteria, thus preventing hair follicles from clogging and turning into acne. This is what you should be looking for if you want to get rid of those ugly acne.

Before trying any treatment, I suggest you read this informational source that listed the most effective acne treatments available:

http://www.mlnks.com/acne.php

Why are you even concerned about it? Just leave it alone unless your doc tells you differently.

Recommended or not? Is this a good way to dilute the chemicals in the water so they don’t become too harsh on the fish, yet remain effective enough to balance the ph, nitrites, and ammonia levels? I would like to just add chems, kinda of intravenously thru the filter behind the media. And does this effect my bio wheel permanently? Can the bio wheel regenerate bacteria anyway and remain effective?

NOT recommended.

Adjusting pH is not only un-necessary, it’s also a lot more technical than it may seem. There are only 2 situations that I would advise it. African Cichlids, they prefer hard water and a high pH, easy enough to achieve, just add some cichlids salt (calcium, magnesium and sodium). The other is if you have hard water and need it soft and low pH, maybe for breeding Discus. But adding chemicals wont fix that. You can bring the pH down, but the hardness and total dissolved solids are actually higher. In that case you need to actually Remove something from the water, best way to do that is a Reverse Osmosis filter.

As for Nitrite and Ammonia, thats the main reason you have a filter, chemical fixes for that are only band-aids at best. You need to get your filter cycled and let those nice bacteria grow on the bio-wheel. They will happily ‘eat’ the ammonia that the fish are producing. They will leave nitrate, and you get rid of with regular water changes.

So really, the only chemical you should need to add to the tank is Water Conditioner, in case there is any chlorine residue in the tap water.

Ian

I need some formulas and i cant find them anywhere…. some one help please! im on a deadline

Might help if you told us what you have to work with.

Lets say I wanted to clean a river nearby my house, its pH level is approximately 9, and isn’t nearly where it is supposed to be to sustain life (we need around a 7). Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can make the river’s pH level a 7? Thanks in advance. –MalluCoconut

add a light acid