2 part dosing and PH

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I have a question about PH and 2 part that may be an obvious answer.

Currently my ph is 8.15-8.2 during the day and 7.9-7.95 at night. I run a co2 scrubber and dose about 24ml of ESV Bionic over a 24hr schedule to keep up with alk/cal consumption.

My question is. As my 2 part dosing increases with alk/cal demand will my ph naturally drift up wards over time due to the increase daily dosing to maintain alk. ESV is a sodium bicarb and carb mix from my understanding so there is a small impact to ph but not as significant as kalk. I would like to get to 8.3-8.4 during the day and stay above 8 over night.
 
No, and you may not get the pH that you desire. About 8.22 is the highest I've ever seen mine, it's the pH at 6 am that is hard to elevate. It may not matter in the big picture anyways, lots of tanks run low 8s at 4pm and high 7s at sunrise.
 
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