Speyedr
New Member
My pH drifts considerably daily. I adjust down to 5.5 and the next day it may get as high as 8. I started with RO water but switched to tap to see if that would help. It didn't. My tap water is fairly soft and low in ppm (150s if I recall). I am looking at automation to get this under control since I am not around as much I would like to be.
I did start with pH adjusted water each time I changed the res.
In the Aquarium hobby people use pH controllers to monitor pH and operate a CO2 tank to add CO2 to the aquarium water and thereby reduce the pH. Is there a reason why this would be bad in a Deep Water Culture system? You would be adding Co2 to the res, but aeration would cause any carbonation to gas out fairly quickly and the now atmospheric CO2 could actually be beneficial. Anyone tried this?
Also, I am using House and Garden Aqua Flakes nutes. Has anyone used this in a Deep Water Culture successfully? Could this add to my pH woes?
Any help is much appreciated.
I did start with pH adjusted water each time I changed the res.
In the Aquarium hobby people use pH controllers to monitor pH and operate a CO2 tank to add CO2 to the aquarium water and thereby reduce the pH. Is there a reason why this would be bad in a Deep Water Culture system? You would be adding Co2 to the res, but aeration would cause any carbonation to gas out fairly quickly and the now atmospheric CO2 could actually be beneficial. Anyone tried this?
Also, I am using House and Garden Aqua Flakes nutes. Has anyone used this in a Deep Water Culture successfully? Could this add to my pH woes?
Any help is much appreciated.