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Originally Posted by Tangster  A PH test kit is a waste of time and money you keep the DK or alk up then the PH matters not.. Thats what people would be better spending their time and money on a Good Carbonate/Alk or DKH all three are the same animal just different ways to test them. test kit and the Ca at 500 is perfect I run mine at 500 Plus and DKH at 14 to 15 . Ca will surpress the DK and DK will surpress the Ca. when the Magnesium gets to low and waht ever one gets ontop of the other stays there. until its adjusted. If more ran their Ca at 500 + and keepthe DKH at 13 +then they would have far less alage issues also.. I see my PH bang 9.00 manytimes and one average its upwards of 8.7 all the time.. |
Thanks for the advice.. What is "DK". im assuming that it is different than alkilinity. So in other words, calcium supresses (directly or in-directly) the alk and vise versa (although you seem to say that it suppresses the dk directly). when the magnesium gets to low then either the calcium will suppress the DK or the DK will suppress the calcium (depending on what ever one there is more of)?-is this right? also, how does one raise the "Dk" or ph.
In short, one should keep up the Ca and DK.
so it seems that if i do these things i will not need a ph buffer at all!
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