I'm having some issues here....lol.
Using the basic KH/CO2 chart: my levels are KH=2 + PH=6.8 = 9.5 CO2.
Now, my GH is off the chart, stopped at 20 drops. The buffers in my tap water are really quite intense. I'm using almond leaves to drop PH. They seem to help level my PH at 6.8. If I leave the test tube, with tested water in it, I've noticed that, after 1, maybe two days, the PH is now 7.0-7.4.
I'm using pressurized CO2, with an inline CO2 "reactor", with total diffusion.
My bubble rate is roughly 3 bubbles per second.
So, I have quite a bit of CO2 going in, without any results, via the chart. I don't trust the drop checker, because it's always green, whether CO2 is on or off. Perhaps the dKH4 water in it, has some other variables, that are unforeseen by me, but at the end of the day, that's neither here nor there. In fact I've read Tom Barr say he only uses the graph, a PH metre and his knowledge alone.
My tap water has a KH=4, but GH=20+. So adding tap water would add more KH, but also make the GH and PH higher, thusly decreasing my CO2.
So my only other option, is to increase my bubble rate.
Anyone have some insight here.
Using the basic KH/CO2 chart: my levels are KH=2 + PH=6.8 = 9.5 CO2.
Now, my GH is off the chart, stopped at 20 drops. The buffers in my tap water are really quite intense. I'm using almond leaves to drop PH. They seem to help level my PH at 6.8. If I leave the test tube, with tested water in it, I've noticed that, after 1, maybe two days, the PH is now 7.0-7.4.
I'm using pressurized CO2, with an inline CO2 "reactor", with total diffusion.
My bubble rate is roughly 3 bubbles per second.
So, I have quite a bit of CO2 going in, without any results, via the chart. I don't trust the drop checker, because it's always green, whether CO2 is on or off. Perhaps the dKH4 water in it, has some other variables, that are unforeseen by me, but at the end of the day, that's neither here nor there. In fact I've read Tom Barr say he only uses the graph, a PH metre and his knowledge alone.
My tap water has a KH=4, but GH=20+. So adding tap water would add more KH, but also make the GH and PH higher, thusly decreasing my CO2.
So my only other option, is to increase my bubble rate.
Anyone have some insight here.