PerfectDepth
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Take a look at Tom Barr's comments here:I know they aren't adding the Citric acid to the tank, it's the Gas from the Citric acid and baking soda reaction that's fed into the tank not the liquid itself.
From what I was told by a very reputable aqua scaper (one of the best out there) , that a kh value of 6 is on the high side when it comes to co2 injection, that most tanks running co2 are at about 2-3 I'm totally new to plants so I'm not to sure about this, I'm super low tech almost no tech tbh, but if you go on nilcog their carbon supplement actually has Citric acid in it, it's glut + Citric acid, it said Gluaraldehyde instead of Gluaraldehyde, I talked to the guys wife that does the website and they changed the typo today.
They are coming out with a new liquid fert that has a carbon source in it that's not glut but the gentleman testing it said they couldn't tell what it is until their beta testing is over.
This is the exact wording that was told to me when I was asking about my tanks tds being 161 and my THR could be a contributor.
"6 is fine; if you are not introducing acids
(such as C02 injection), the buffering
effect of limestone is mild. Ferts etc all
add to TDS though, but if you're doing
water changes, that will bring it down"
https://barrreport.com/threads/high-kh-and-co2-absorption.5688/