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Any opportunity for expansion on your aversion for using it for ALK control?
Since the alk does not show up instantly, an automated system that doses a supplement based on alk may lead to run away dosing since adding some will not show an alk increase, then more is dosed, no alk change, more is dosed, no change, etc.
One can potentially control that by limiting how much alk can possibly be dosed in a day to not more than is actually expected to be needed, but it is not as simple as using sodium carbonate for automated alk control.