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I've been testing sodium hydroxide dosing for pH boosting the past few days and promised some comments. I wanted to wait a bit for longer results, but am pretty geeked so far at results. Also need Randy to help confirm my results are in the ball park from a math point of view.
1/8 teaspoon of dry sodium hydroxide boosts my 20l from 8.15 to around 8.5 pH. I'm using a Salifert kit which did match my last electronic meter before it died, but wet kits have their limits. I will get a Hannah if Randy confirms I'm not hallucinating.
From what I'm seeing in terms of immediate growth improvements and absurdly easy dosing, well, C02 scrubbers need to be tossed in the dumpster. An immediate 30% increase in alk consumption for starters. Waiting for Randy's input. I know he's talked about sodium hydroxide dosing before, we just haven't been listening.
1/8 teaspoon of dry sodium hydroxide boosts my 20l from 8.15 to around 8.5 pH. I'm using a Salifert kit which did match my last electronic meter before it died, but wet kits have their limits. I will get a Hannah if Randy confirms I'm not hallucinating.
From what I'm seeing in terms of immediate growth improvements and absurdly easy dosing, well, C02 scrubbers need to be tossed in the dumpster. An immediate 30% increase in alk consumption for starters. Waiting for Randy's input. I know he's talked about sodium hydroxide dosing before, we just haven't been listening.