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So I tested my alkalinity yesterday, and today. Yesterday it read 8.6dkh, today it reads 8.4dkh.... my question is should I decrease the rate of effluent or see what it rides out in the next few days.... I had no drop yesterday to the day prior so I didn't adjust anything. Today tho I saw the 0.2dkh drop testing around the same time of day. Should I not mess with it and test tomorrow?
 

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What is your daily Alk consumption ? I would not worry about 0.2 DKH, just watch whether it consistently increases by that much every day. And then you can actually increase the effluent by just a little. That increase should not affect the reactor PH much.
 
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What is your daily Alk consumption ? I would not worry about 0.2 DKH, just watch whether it consistently increases by that much every day. And then you can actually increase the effluent by just a little. That increase should not affect the reactor PH much.
Sorry it was a 0.2dkh decrease. I dropped by .2
 

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It could swing by 0.2dkh just throughout the day. It is ideal to test at the exact same time every day to reduce the impact.
 

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