Can't seem to find a definitive answer out there despite quite a bit of googling.
Is there a maximum amount of vinegar in kalkwasser? I am intending to dose both kalk (calcium and alkalinity) and carbon (via vinegar; for NO3 PO4 reduction through stimulation of bacteria growth)
What will happen if I mix 45ml of 5% vinegar with a litre of RODI water, and then saturate the mixture with kalk powder?
1) what is the resultant pH of the solution? will the resultant mixture have a (desireable) high pH? Or will the kalk react with the acid, form calcium acetate, reach it's solubility limit, and then we get a middling pH solution (~7 ish) that will go bad in no time as the bacteria munch on the acetate.
2) is there a maximum amount of vinegar? Heard @Randy Holmes-Farley fully saturates 5% vinegar with kalk to neutralize the acidity before dosing. What's the resultant pH in that scenario?
Is there a maximum amount of vinegar in kalkwasser? I am intending to dose both kalk (calcium and alkalinity) and carbon (via vinegar; for NO3 PO4 reduction through stimulation of bacteria growth)
What will happen if I mix 45ml of 5% vinegar with a litre of RODI water, and then saturate the mixture with kalk powder?
1) what is the resultant pH of the solution? will the resultant mixture have a (desireable) high pH? Or will the kalk react with the acid, form calcium acetate, reach it's solubility limit, and then we get a middling pH solution (~7 ish) that will go bad in no time as the bacteria munch on the acetate.
2) is there a maximum amount of vinegar? Heard @Randy Holmes-Farley fully saturates 5% vinegar with kalk to neutralize the acidity before dosing. What's the resultant pH in that scenario?
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