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Added in 5ml of A/B and B52 last night. This morning tote A is 570ppm and pH is 6.1 @ 69F; tote B is 630 ppm and pH is 6.1 @ 69F.
There is approximately 14L of water in each tote as of last night; in the volume of RO water in either tote, as little as 0.1ml of AN pH Down will drop pH to between 4.8 -5.1. Unless pH rises above 6.3 i won't try to adjust by adding pH to 15L of RO water and then adding a small amount to each tote until i get closer to 5.8 - 6.2.
Pump has always been above waterline, i learned my unintentional siphon lessons years ago; just commenting on how much easier it seems to establish a siphon inadvertently as opposed to deliberately in hoses or tubing.
As an aside, i bought some cheap check valves from Amazon and the results were less than stellar; whistling, loud pump due to backpressure, changed out to Hagen Marina check valves at about 5x the price and things have settled down. I'm currently running a Hiblow 100 LL to drive 2 x 8" diameter air diffusers in each tote. Thinking i should have gone 200. Gotta admit though the Hiblow is considerably quieter than my old EcoAir 200W.
Chiller cleared customs this morning, Orca and light hanger hardware and swaging tool should be here today, and HydroGuard and Nirvana are on the way. Still trying to source my 3" PVC pipe and fittings; i'll go flue gas pipe if i have to but the 3 * 1 FIPT reducing tee is proving hard to find. Rona or Home Depot have the 3" tees in stock.
There is approximately 14L of water in each tote as of last night; in the volume of RO water in either tote, as little as 0.1ml of AN pH Down will drop pH to between 4.8 -5.1. Unless pH rises above 6.3 i won't try to adjust by adding pH to 15L of RO water and then adding a small amount to each tote until i get closer to 5.8 - 6.2.
Pump has always been above waterline, i learned my unintentional siphon lessons years ago; just commenting on how much easier it seems to establish a siphon inadvertently as opposed to deliberately in hoses or tubing.
As an aside, i bought some cheap check valves from Amazon and the results were less than stellar; whistling, loud pump due to backpressure, changed out to Hagen Marina check valves at about 5x the price and things have settled down. I'm currently running a Hiblow 100 LL to drive 2 x 8" diameter air diffusers in each tote. Thinking i should have gone 200. Gotta admit though the Hiblow is considerably quieter than my old EcoAir 200W.
Chiller cleared customs this morning, Orca and light hanger hardware and swaging tool should be here today, and HydroGuard and Nirvana are on the way. Still trying to source my 3" PVC pipe and fittings; i'll go flue gas pipe if i have to but the 3 * 1 FIPT reducing tee is proving hard to find. Rona or Home Depot have the 3" tees in stock.