PH assistance...

MostlyCrazy

MostlyCrazy

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Good idea. It's always good to have a story about why you need the info. My area has notoriusly high ppm water so that's the angle I take. My tap water looks like old well water and run at least 350ppm and sometimes as high as 500ppm. Let's just say I don't drink it without running it through a filter.
 
mofizzle415

mofizzle415

Active Member
How big is your reservoir ? if its small 10-15 gallons then your shit is gonna be changing all the time...every 2-3 days...Bigger resi les PH variance...IMO...
 
fatman7574

fatman7574

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It is quite common for even a large reservoir to need daily adjustments of pH. It depends on your beginning water quality as well as the number of plants in relation to the reservoir size. The stage of growth makes a great difference as well.
 
DroBo

DroBo

Active Member
Thanks fella's. I have a reverse osmosis system on tap water. Yes there are dead roots in there from old plants that need removing. I'm nervous about it and don't want to lose the bud.
 
MostlyCrazy

MostlyCrazy

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You can cut off 1/2 the roots on a plant and it may not even notice. I do it every time I have a male show up and remove it. The dead roots are what is causing your ph to rise and that's not good for the plants.
 
gloombird

gloombird

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called "Neutral Regulator" works for me, once per month or so. It adjusts pH to 7. It also removes chlorine.

fatman7574 said:
I don't do organic hydro and don't recomend organic hydro. It is a PITA. Organic nutrients and chemical nutrients and the way they behave in a resrvoir are very different. Nutrient reservoirs with organic fertilizers function too much like sewage treatment plants. I am an Environmental Engineer and know quite a bit about waste water treatment systems as I design them and I teach under graduate engineering students how they are designed and teach graduate students how to design them. As a result I do not recommend organic hydro. Huge amounts of problems are quite common with organic nutrient system used with reservoirs and inert media that do not occur with chemical nutrient systems. Like I said they are a PITA. I recomend that those wishing to grow with organic nutrients stick to soil grows.
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fatman7574

fatman7574

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gloombird said:
called "Neutral Regulator" works for me, once per month or so. It adjusts pH to 7. It also removes chlorine.
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Neutral Regulator is just a calcium phosphate carbonate. pH UP uses a calcium phosphorus carbonate. They are pH buffers.

They are used to keep your pH from dropping. They will cause your pH to stay high they will not lower your pH or prevent it from rising. It is only meant for use in aquariums as it also contains many other perverse chemicals and long chain polymers.
 
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