flowamasta
Well-Known Member
hey peoples, just added XL and gave her her 2nd week flush, frsh nutes and all.
will be monitering PH level over next few hrs very regularly , as i have never used XL before (super phosphoric acid)
after adding nutrient the ph went to around 6.5-6.6 before thinking of touching up or down adjusters, then i added XL!!! ph dropped to 4.22 OMG freakin out man!!! so i added ph up bit by bit untill i reached 5.8, turned the pump on and let her recirculate, after 5 minutes of circulating PH went up to 6.00.....
so i will be taking precautions, i have added a few drops of 'down', pump is off, i will check again for next feeding, i really dont want the PH to jump too drastically, as i know recirculating systems need a small buffer window each day, as nutrient gets used up , and changes ph, and salt levels
hope this helps a few people who may be interested in using Cycoflowers CYCO XL ......
will be monitering PH level over next few hrs very regularly , as i have never used XL before (super phosphoric acid)
after adding nutrient the ph went to around 6.5-6.6 before thinking of touching up or down adjusters, then i added XL!!! ph dropped to 4.22 OMG freakin out man!!! so i added ph up bit by bit untill i reached 5.8, turned the pump on and let her recirculate, after 5 minutes of circulating PH went up to 6.00.....
so i will be taking precautions, i have added a few drops of 'down', pump is off, i will check again for next feeding, i really dont want the PH to jump too drastically, as i know recirculating systems need a small buffer window each day, as nutrient gets used up , and changes ph, and salt levels
hope this helps a few people who may be interested in using Cycoflowers CYCO XL ......