Buddin Buddy
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I have a problem with my water that I've pretty much had for 2 years now but seems to be getting worse.
So my tap water comes out of the tap about 7.2ph. If I just leave it in a cup and test it the next day it will be 7.8, maybe two or three days later it might be over 8!
When filling my tank I leave it for 24hrs for chlorine to evaporate before adding any neuts. I add neuts and set the PH to near 6. 12hrs later it will be 6.5-6.8. 24hrs later it will be 7.2-7.8.
Yesterday I set the tank to 5.7 and fed plants from the bottom so the water would pool and I could test ph the next morning. I've just tested what's left in the bottom of the trays and its 6.5, after 12hrs.
I just dont understand what is going on, I've bought a 2nd ph meter because I thought it might be that. Both ph meters are calibrated and show a deviation of 0.2 ph between them.
My plants are slowly going yellow (light green atm) looking like lack of nitrogen with stems turning purple as well. I think it's to do with the PH as the plants are only getting the correct PH for less than a day and then the coco PH is above 7 again and I'm getting lockout.
Anybody got any ideas or suggestions as to what is going on? Anything i can add to water to stop ph rising? I can only theorize that the water company is adding some sort of PH stabilizers as this problem only started 2 years ago.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
So my tap water comes out of the tap about 7.2ph. If I just leave it in a cup and test it the next day it will be 7.8, maybe two or three days later it might be over 8!
When filling my tank I leave it for 24hrs for chlorine to evaporate before adding any neuts. I add neuts and set the PH to near 6. 12hrs later it will be 6.5-6.8. 24hrs later it will be 7.2-7.8.
Yesterday I set the tank to 5.7 and fed plants from the bottom so the water would pool and I could test ph the next morning. I've just tested what's left in the bottom of the trays and its 6.5, after 12hrs.
I just dont understand what is going on, I've bought a 2nd ph meter because I thought it might be that. Both ph meters are calibrated and show a deviation of 0.2 ph between them.
My plants are slowly going yellow (light green atm) looking like lack of nitrogen with stems turning purple as well. I think it's to do with the PH as the plants are only getting the correct PH for less than a day and then the coco PH is above 7 again and I'm getting lockout.
Anybody got any ideas or suggestions as to what is going on? Anything i can add to water to stop ph rising? I can only theorize that the water company is adding some sort of PH stabilizers as this problem only started 2 years ago.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.