Made a Ph boo boo. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T05:11:36Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/made-a-ph-boo-boo?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A518080&feed=yes&xn_auth=noyou tap water should not be 2…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-24:4778851:Comment:5197222013-09-24T02:39:57.401ZJon Paulhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonathanPaulGrenard
<p>you tap water should not be 2.0. that measurement has to be wrong. most tap water is around 7.8 as far as i am aware. anyways... I have had similar problems as far as mixing in ph down. For my 400 gallon system I add 1-2 capfuls of ph down at a time to lower the PH By .07 points. Put a Little PH Down on your tongue and you will quickly realize how bad the ph down hurts the fish. In my opinion It is best to put the ph down in the sump tank.</p>
<p>3 weeks ago I started Adding Glacial…</p>
<p>you tap water should not be 2.0. that measurement has to be wrong. most tap water is around 7.8 as far as i am aware. anyways... I have had similar problems as far as mixing in ph down. For my 400 gallon system I add 1-2 capfuls of ph down at a time to lower the PH By .07 points. Put a Little PH Down on your tongue and you will quickly realize how bad the ph down hurts the fish. In my opinion It is best to put the ph down in the sump tank.</p>
<p>3 weeks ago I started Adding Glacial rock dust to my system. I had been supplementing with calcium carbonate, potassium carbonate, Magnesium mix, and iron. The supplementation was affecting the PH and causing the ph to drift up. I'm not using those products anymore as Glacial rock dust has everything that i had been adding. The first thing that i noticed after adding the Rock Dust is my ph stabilized. I looked up why this would happen. The rock dust has lots of atoms attached to the outside. There would be many different types of atoms but most of them would be hydrogen atoms. The hydrogen atoms will release and return from the water to the particle, thus regulating PH. </p>
<p>I attached a file below. hopefully i did it right. This is a graph of my ph in my system over 7 days. At the beginning of the graph you will notice how the PH went up very fast. This was from me adding 15% city water to top of the system as a test. After the water was added the PH went up over 12 hours in started to go back down. It went right back to 7.02. It now only goes up and down by about .03 points per day which is very good. In my opinion there is no better buffer for a Aquaponics system than GLacial Rock Dust. Plus it supplements everything that i had been adding and so much more. </p> So i drained all water and re…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-24:4778851:Comment:5195542013-09-24T02:17:10.492ZFarcry305https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/FrankEly
<p><span>So i drained all water and re filled can you believe my filtered tap and unfiltered tap water has a Ammonia of 2.0.. is that normal. My filter is not Ro but filters alot.. Any way that normal? Hard water i guess thats what that is called?</span></p>
<p><span>So i drained all water and re filled can you believe my filtered tap and unfiltered tap water has a Ammonia of 2.0.. is that normal. My filter is not Ro but filters alot.. Any way that normal? Hard water i guess thats what that is called?</span></p> Rob my Bad was talking about…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-24:4778851:Comment:5195532013-09-24T02:15:55.430ZFarcry305https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/FrankEly
<p>Rob my Bad was talking about Ammonia. Guess thats hard water?</p>
<p>Rob my Bad was talking about Ammonia. Guess thats hard water?</p> Personally never heard of low…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-24:4778851:Comment:5195502013-09-24T02:00:53.476ZRob Nashhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobNash
Personally never heard of low pH in tap water.<br />
could it be the test ? I like regular hydroponics drops over the API test.
Personally never heard of low pH in tap water.<br />
could it be the test ? I like regular hydroponics drops over the API test. So i drained all water and re…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-24:4778851:Comment:5197152013-09-24T01:10:48.950ZFarcry305https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/FrankEly
<p>So i drained all water and re filled can you believe my filtered tap and unfiltered tap water has a ph of 2.0.. is that normal. My filter is not Ro but filters alot.. Any way that normal?</p>
<p>So i drained all water and re filled can you believe my filtered tap and unfiltered tap water has a ph of 2.0.. is that normal. My filter is not Ro but filters alot.. Any way that normal?</p> I can relate. It'll sure mak…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-18:4778851:Comment:5183062013-09-18T01:54:07.809ZGeorgehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Geoge
<p>I c<span>an rel<span>ate. It'll sure m<span>ake you <span>a little more c<span>areful. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>I c<span>an rel<span>ate. It'll sure m<span>ake you <span>a little more c<span>areful. </span></span></span></span></span></p> OK 7 more dead. thought i got…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-17:4778851:Comment:5180802013-09-17T21:25:14.888ZFarcry305https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/FrankEly
<p>OK 7 more dead. thought i got them all but 2 catfish left.</p>
<p>OK 7 more dead. thought i got them all but 2 catfish left.</p> Sorry to hear tbst. I was hop…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-17:4778851:Comment:5178932013-09-17T14:24:31.426ZCecil Dale Bairdhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CecilDaleBaird
Sorry to hear tbst. I was hoping you'd get lucky but apparently not the case.
Sorry to hear tbst. I was hoping you'd get lucky but apparently not the case. Ok 50 dead fish....1 Catfish…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-17:4778851:Comment:5179292013-09-17T12:03:38.474ZFarcry305https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/FrankEly
<p>Ok 50 dead fish....1 Catfish survived. "Aint no body got time foe that..I go bronchitis"</p>
<p>Ok 50 dead fish....1 Catfish survived. "Aint no body got time foe that..I go bronchitis"</p> You might be surprised at how…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-17:4778851:Comment:5176742013-09-17T04:52:42.995ZCecil Dale Bairdhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CecilDaleBaird
<p>You might be surprised at how little damage you did.</p>
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<p>I have the reverse problem. Alkalinity and hardness is so high it tough to get the Ph down and to keep it down. I try to keep mine at about 7.0. Ground water here is 7.4 and water that sits after liberating C02 jumps up to 8.4</p>
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<p>You might be surprised at how little damage you did.</p>
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<p>I have the reverse problem. Alkalinity and hardness is so high it tough to get the Ph down and to keep it down. I try to keep mine at about 7.0. Ground water here is 7.4 and water that sits after liberating C02 jumps up to 8.4</p>
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