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Hellow R2R community! Long time reader and first time poster. I'm currently approaching the 3 month mark on my Cade s2 1500 and things have been cruising along just fine.
However I have been battling low Alkalinity and in an effort to keep things consistent I have resisted the urge to do anything drastic. I figured everything would level out through water changes. Nothing has changed.....I guess on a positive note the alkalinity has remained very consistent, but always very low. I tested the freshly mixed water and it measured 5.5 dkh at 1.025 sg. I thought the box may have been bad so I purchased another and tested this one came in at 6.4 dkh. To triple check I bought new reagent for my Hannah alkalinity checker and nothing changed...still 5.5-6.5 dkh.
Fritz advertises the alkalinity to be between 10-12 dkh and I have been measuring half that very consistently over the last few months. I have purchased multible boxes, tried fresh reagent, calibrated my milkwaukee MA887 multiple times and I am consistently getting the same low results. Am I screwing something up? Is the salt just not cutting it? Should I switch salts and test the results?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
However I have been battling low Alkalinity and in an effort to keep things consistent I have resisted the urge to do anything drastic. I figured everything would level out through water changes. Nothing has changed.....I guess on a positive note the alkalinity has remained very consistent, but always very low. I tested the freshly mixed water and it measured 5.5 dkh at 1.025 sg. I thought the box may have been bad so I purchased another and tested this one came in at 6.4 dkh. To triple check I bought new reagent for my Hannah alkalinity checker and nothing changed...still 5.5-6.5 dkh.
Fritz advertises the alkalinity to be between 10-12 dkh and I have been measuring half that very consistently over the last few months. I have purchased multible boxes, tried fresh reagent, calibrated my milkwaukee MA887 multiple times and I am consistently getting the same low results. Am I screwing something up? Is the salt just not cutting it? Should I switch salts and test the results?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!