New system - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T10:31:06Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/new-system-4?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A494920&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Fred,
Sorry you had to wai…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-07-17:4778851:Comment:4949202013-07-17T23:56:23.586ZHarold Sukhbirhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/HaroldSukhbir
<p>Hi Fred,</p>
<p>Sorry you had to wait so long to find out about your Ph. Shoot for Ph 8 and 80F temps if possible. With RO you'll have to keep a keen eye on the carbonate levels as you know.</p>
<p>Hi Fred,</p>
<p>Sorry you had to wait so long to find out about your Ph. Shoot for Ph 8 and 80F temps if possible. With RO you'll have to keep a keen eye on the carbonate levels as you know.</p> No, just a few tomato plants…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-07-17:4778851:Comment:4946612013-07-17T20:08:50.848ZFredhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Deepshadow
<p>No, just a few tomato plants which surprisingly didn't seem to mind the PH. I'll post more details after I test my RO water, but I suspect this RO water will be in the mid 6 range. I did add a half gallon of bacteria starter that was past the expiration date. I wonder if this could have so drastically lowered my PH. The entire system is plumbed with PVC and my media is expanded clay so I'm a little puzzled as to the high acid PH.</p>
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<p>I'm debating dumping most of the water and…</p>
<p>No, just a few tomato plants which surprisingly didn't seem to mind the PH. I'll post more details after I test my RO water, but I suspect this RO water will be in the mid 6 range. I did add a half gallon of bacteria starter that was past the expiration date. I wonder if this could have so drastically lowered my PH. The entire system is plumbed with PVC and my media is expanded clay so I'm a little puzzled as to the high acid PH.</p>
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<p>I'm debating dumping most of the water and just starting over. Some water wasted but I'd rather have a clean start.</p>
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<p>I did construct a cone bottom for a swirl filter using some plastic parts and some sheet metal screws but I can't see any of these having such a large PH drop.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/new-system-4#4778851Comment494658"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Is there anything currently living in your system? If not, you can probably bring that pH up a little faster than normal. And you can keep it a little higher (7.8-8.0). The bacteria like it a little more on the basic side of things<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/></p>
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</blockquote> Is there anything currently l…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-07-17:4778851:Comment:4946582013-07-17T19:59:23.283ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Is there anything currently living in your system? If not, you can probably bring that pH up a little faster than normal. And you can keep it a little higher (7.8-8.0). The bacteria like it a little more on the basic side of things :)</p>
<p>Is there anything currently living in your system? If not, you can probably bring that pH up a little faster than normal. And you can keep it a little higher (7.8-8.0). The bacteria like it a little more on the basic side of things :)</p> That is very acidic, here in…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-07-17:4778851:Comment:4944752013-07-17T17:07:01.556ZJoel Berghttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JoelBerg
<p>That is very acidic, here in Salt Lake, our water is very basic so I recently had to bring my pH down</p>
<p>That is very acidic, here in Salt Lake, our water is very basic so I recently had to bring my pH down</p>