Good morning everyone,
pretty general question that hopefully someone can answer, or have had experience with.
the usage of things like Alk, fluctuate through the day, and this is where part of the question comes in. Normally, i would expect to see high usage , no usage, high usage, no usage....
However, what i am seeing, and what i was going to try to dose for, is not as easy as it would seem, and seems a little abnormal. Currently, i am not dosing Alk, and am only dosing NP Bacto balance and calcium. Calcium is staying stable with my small doses, but as you can see below, my Alk fluctuates up and down all day. the tests from the trident are 6 hours apart, and on every 12 (12am and 12pm), the alk is at its highest point, and then drops down to its lowest point on every 6. Overall, its steadily declining, for the most part by .1~ every 24 hours, so i wouldnt have to dose much, but i was wanting to get the "wave" out of it by countering the continual drop, but when there is fluctation like this, if i dose to make up for the drop, when it reads on the 12, it will likely increase the upward trend to the 6, creating a higher swing.
Also note that the alk reading is not in the 7's. i havent calibrated in a while, but with the readings, it is about 1 whole number off, so what you see there is alk readings in the 8s (ive confirmed this with my Hanna).
I know that there will be a steady decrease through the day, if i dont dose, which seems to be happening. however, is it normal for, while in that decrease, for it to be so up and down, or is something creating an increase in Alk during its upswing? first thing that comes to mind is maybe the carbon dosing? but not sure if that would create an upswing like algae death might?
pretty general question that hopefully someone can answer, or have had experience with.
the usage of things like Alk, fluctuate through the day, and this is where part of the question comes in. Normally, i would expect to see high usage , no usage, high usage, no usage....
However, what i am seeing, and what i was going to try to dose for, is not as easy as it would seem, and seems a little abnormal. Currently, i am not dosing Alk, and am only dosing NP Bacto balance and calcium. Calcium is staying stable with my small doses, but as you can see below, my Alk fluctuates up and down all day. the tests from the trident are 6 hours apart, and on every 12 (12am and 12pm), the alk is at its highest point, and then drops down to its lowest point on every 6. Overall, its steadily declining, for the most part by .1~ every 24 hours, so i wouldnt have to dose much, but i was wanting to get the "wave" out of it by countering the continual drop, but when there is fluctation like this, if i dose to make up for the drop, when it reads on the 12, it will likely increase the upward trend to the 6, creating a higher swing.
Also note that the alk reading is not in the 7's. i havent calibrated in a while, but with the readings, it is about 1 whole number off, so what you see there is alk readings in the 8s (ive confirmed this with my Hanna).
I know that there will be a steady decrease through the day, if i dont dose, which seems to be happening. however, is it normal for, while in that decrease, for it to be so up and down, or is something creating an increase in Alk during its upswing? first thing that comes to mind is maybe the carbon dosing? but not sure if that would create an upswing like algae death might?