dataTwiiix
dataTwiiixstarted grow question 4y ago
Hello to the community :) So for about 12 days now, the pH of my aquafarm reservoir tends to drop down to 5.3 sometimes. 1. I drained the reservoir and cleaned everything. 2. I rinsed the clay pebbles with the new soup.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4y ago
couple choices... a fertilizer mix that is buffered properly... this may be enough on its own. my pH doesn't fluctuate in my 55gal rez. it's efinitely not in optimal temperature range, lol... but the microbes don't fuck with my pH. Maintain a culture of beneficial bacteria in your rez or go the sanitization route.. can't mix these, obviously but both can provide same function of keeping bad microbes in check. co2 from bubbles (it goes into solution wiht o2, too) will potentially lower pH. again, if properly buffered, this won't be enough to move the needle. microbes are another issue... if they are excreting acidic stuff, that will impact a well-buffered mix eventually. so, if you don't see a major microbial issue, change brands. if you do, implement some good beneficials or sanitizing agents occasionally... some sort of scheduled cleaning of rez etc. let the timing fit the growth.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 4y ago
Hi there. It happens to me when I do hydro at times. I think I figured out what was causing it when it happened to me, it was usually either the airstones needing replacing or I fed them to many nutes. Last time it was the nutes being to strong so I cleaned the res put ph 6.0 water in. Ran it for 24hr then changed the water for nute water at half the strength I was at and the Ph stopped crashing.
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DoctorGreenThumb
DoctorGreenThumbanswered grow question 4y ago
Now you can fill it at the ranges you want and are gold! Cheers!
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DoctorGreenThumb
DoctorGreenThumbanswered grow question 4y ago
Good job! What the fuck do you want for doing that a cookie?
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GanjaReaper
GanjaReaperanswered grow question 4y ago
Hi Datatwiiix, so what are you trying to ask us? How to keep your PH higher? if so, use some PH+, it can be bought :) Goodluck growing
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