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So why pH goes from 7.0 to 8.6 after mixing calmag?Now YOUR CAL MAG HAS NO ALKALINE SOURCES....IDK why ppl think they do but almost all do NOT. In fact it appears your is acidic.
So why pH goes from 7.0 to 8.6 after mixing calmag?Now YOUR CAL MAG HAS NO ALKALINE SOURCES....IDK why ppl think they do but almost all do NOT. In fact it appears your is acidic.
What are the variables? PH shouldn't change that fast unless there are variables included. Explain your entire water process word for word.Adding Calmag will increase ALKALINITY making the water "harder" and pH more stable, so as I add acid to bring pH down if should stay down at some point, but it wont. I would like to understand why it wont stay down. That's all...
"after dissolving 1g of Calmag in a liter of tap water. My tap gives me a 7.2 pH and 30 ppm, after adding Calmag if bumps to 8.5pH and 124 ppm. Then I start adding drops of pH down solution (chloridric acid) until the pH reaches 6.5... everything looks fine for a few minutes until the pH begins to go up for no apparent reason. Usually it goes all the way up to 8 again, then I add more pH down bringing to 6.5 and it goes up again, etc... can't stabilize at 6.5!"What are the variables? PH shouldn't change that fast unless there are variables included. Explain your entire water process word for word.
Google the sources in your cal mag.So why pH goes from 7.0 to 8.6 after mixing calmag?
100% no possible way there is enough alkalinity.My tap gives me a 7.2 pH and 30 ppm,
Correct. Ppm is not alkalinity and while the cal mag is adding ppm and raising PH it provides almost no alkalinity.
Yeah I understand now. Thank youCorrect. Ppm is not alkalinity and while the cal mag is adding ppm and raising PH it provides almost no alkalinity.
And it's only raising PH because there is nothing to counter the tiny bit of alkalinity it has.
Hi Aqua. What can I use that is cost effective for a buffer. I got some house and garden osmosis ph stabilizer which seems to be geared for that. Is there other stuff that will do the same? Im doing Hydro this round.Ok get im just gonna blunt and ot bother looking those up.
Buy a bottle of calmag and get phosphoric acid PH down.
If using RO you must add an alkalinity buffer. I promise you your cal mad doesn't not and that's your issue.... you have NO alkalinity and that makes for a very very very unstable PH and high fluctuations.
You first clue is it tKes very little acid to lower the PH.
Potassium silicate or bicarbonate are both cheap and readily available everywhere.Hi Aqua. What can I use that is cost effective for a buffer. I got some house and garden osmosis ph stabilizer which seems to be geared for that. Is there other stuff that will do the same? Im doing Hydro this round.
He has 30ppm and even if that consisted of pure bicarbonate, silicate, hydroxide or carbonates its not enough.Before adding cal/mag check the bicarbonate levels of your water. It could be a high amount of bicarbonate in your water which will buffer your pH.
So , I don't know what else your mixingHi guys, as a new grower my struggle is with my watering pH after dissolving 1g of Calmag in a liter of tap water. My tap gives me a 7.2 pH and 30 ppm, after adding Calmag if bumps to 8.5pH and 124 ppm. Then I start adding drops of pH down solution (chloridric acid) until the pH reaches 6.5... everything looks fine for a few minutes until the pH begins to go up for no apparent reason. Usually it goes all the way up to 8 again, then I add more pH down bringing to 6.5 and it goes up again, etc... can't stabilize at 6.5! By adding that much acid I end up with a very high ppm (I guess the pH down solution adds particles to the water) and still not able to stabilize the watering pH on 6.5, what am I doing wrong here?
Thank you.