The malawi victoria buffer has been designed by seachem to replicate the natural environment of cichlids by raising and maintaining ph to levels of 78 84r seachem malawi victoria buffer is a unique blend of carbonate salts that increase hardness buffer capacity and ph it is formulated to maintain a ph of 78 84 through small daily applications of 7g per 80 litres of water to reach the desired level then once every 2 3 weeks thereafter