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So I have been using the Jim Welsh's version of a DIY two part:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...hould-i-expect-to-change.215171/#post-2466696
But one of the problems I noticed is that after 4-5 days my alk mix starts to crystalize in the bucket and eventually in the RO hoses I'm using to pull the fluid out of the dosing container. It gets so thick that it completely clogs the hose and my dosing falls to 0 at that point (Also a total pain to pull them apart and clean them out).
I tried reducing the amount of Soda Ash (cooked baking soda) from 590g per gallon to 500g but it still crystalized. @Randy Holmes-Farley Is there anything else I can try to eliminate this crystallization?
I'm also wondering if it may have something to do with the volume I'm mixing up. I create 4 gallons of alk and cal and store them in 5 gallon buckets and use it up in about a month in my 300 gallon system.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...hould-i-expect-to-change.215171/#post-2466696
But one of the problems I noticed is that after 4-5 days my alk mix starts to crystalize in the bucket and eventually in the RO hoses I'm using to pull the fluid out of the dosing container. It gets so thick that it completely clogs the hose and my dosing falls to 0 at that point (Also a total pain to pull them apart and clean them out).
I tried reducing the amount of Soda Ash (cooked baking soda) from 590g per gallon to 500g but it still crystalized. @Randy Holmes-Farley Is there anything else I can try to eliminate this crystallization?
I'm also wondering if it may have something to do with the volume I'm mixing up. I create 4 gallons of alk and cal and store them in 5 gallon buckets and use it up in about a month in my 300 gallon system.