My serpent start has made this his new home, Al, when I move and get my tank rescaped I will post some better pictures. BTW the pack mule is on his way home!
That's good news buddy. When did you get it INTO your tank? If you would, test your water and note the results. I can't test ANY change in PH at all in mine and it's only a 10g tank. The engineer at the plant stated
The binding of calcuim hydroxide also keeps the concrete from increasing the water PH too much. Do note that as concrete is a limestone product, there will be some buffering in your tank, especially during the first few months so you may need to reduce the amount of pH raising buffers you normally use to offset the biological processes in your tank.
with that said I honestly can't detect ANY PH increase at all but I know all tanks are indeed not identical so one tank may see a slight increase.
That Pack-Mule has been VERY busy over the last three weeks. I've had him from ONE end of the country to the other sending these things out. And he's still on is FIRST carrot! It's supposed to be snow & ice here tonight so I hope my delivery Pack-Mule has his "Ice Shoes" on.
Thanks for the update Jason. I do appreciate you.