Buffer PH level up every two days! - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T12:21:17Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/buffer-ph-level-up-every-two-days?feed=yes&xn_auth=noi like to add about 30% pea g…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-15:4778851:Comment:4164562012-11-15T12:57:25.388ZRob Nashhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobNash
<p>i like to add about 30% pea gravel or river rock, to your total media.</p>
<p>i like to add about 30% pea gravel or river rock, to your total media.</p> Better to use Hydrated Lime..…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-12:4778851:Comment:4158352012-11-12T08:25:46.430ZRupertofOZhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RupertofOZ
<p>Better to use Hydrated Lime... Calcium Hydroxide... and alternate it with a Potassium buffer... like Potassium Hydroxide... or Pottasium BiCarbonate...</p>
<p>Better to use Hydrated Lime... Calcium Hydroxide... and alternate it with a Potassium buffer... like Potassium Hydroxide... or Pottasium BiCarbonate...</p> What about if your PH is at 6…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-12:4778851:Comment:4155962012-11-12T03:50:13.423ZJustin Taylorhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JustinTaylor
<p>What about if your PH is at 6.0 consistently. Should I then buffer up with calcium carbonate?</p>
<p>What about if your PH is at 6.0 consistently. Should I then buffer up with calcium carbonate?</p> Sprinkle some shellgrit throu…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-05:4778851:Comment:3587702012-07-05T08:20:50.258ZRupertofOZhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RupertofOZ
<p>Sprinkle some shellgrit through your grow beds... or hang in a "sock" under a water return....</p>
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<p>Not an instant fix... but will eventually self regulate... well as long as the grit takes to breakdown anyway...</p>
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<p>pH 6.4 isn't a bad thing for an AP system... in fact quite the opposite...</p>
<p>Sprinkle some shellgrit through your grow beds... or hang in a "sock" under a water return....</p>
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<p>Not an instant fix... but will eventually self regulate... well as long as the grit takes to breakdown anyway...</p>
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<p>pH 6.4 isn't a bad thing for an AP system... in fact quite the opposite...</p> Try adding some calcium carbo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-05:4778851:Comment:3586872012-07-05T06:51:59.599ZKevin Gorhamhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Kevin
<p>Try adding some calcium carbonate to your system. It should buffer on its own as needed. As the PH goes up, more of it will be released into the system.</p>
<p>Try adding some calcium carbonate to your system. It should buffer on its own as needed. As the PH goes up, more of it will be released into the system.</p>