BleepBloopMunchMunch
Supporting Member
I know this topic has been brought up a million times, but I am still a little confused on getting this dialed in correctly for dosing purposes. I understand the testing of the system in order to see what the consumption of both alk and Ca is, and that you want to dose them in equal parts. However, the way I understand the chemistry from what I have been reading, the amount of Ca present in the water depends on dKh, so how can I accurately measure both at the same time if they are closely linked?
My alk was at 8.1 at night on 10/13 and then tested again 24 hours later at 7.5, I will measure again tomorrow to see what the numbers are since 0.5 dKh seems high to me, but maybe it isn't. I dosed alk, measured again a few hours later and was at 8.0 dKh with Ca at 450 ppm.
So assuming these measurements are correct (which they could very well not be and further measurements will help with that variable) I should be dosing 0.5 dKh a day to keep things stable, but I am still lost on Ca. Will Ca drop in proportion with dKh? Can I just keep testing both every day and then take a daily average and use that as my dosing guide?
Hope this makes sense, 3 am isn't when I do my best writing but it has been keeping me awake.
My alk was at 8.1 at night on 10/13 and then tested again 24 hours later at 7.5, I will measure again tomorrow to see what the numbers are since 0.5 dKh seems high to me, but maybe it isn't. I dosed alk, measured again a few hours later and was at 8.0 dKh with Ca at 450 ppm.
So assuming these measurements are correct (which they could very well not be and further measurements will help with that variable) I should be dosing 0.5 dKh a day to keep things stable, but I am still lost on Ca. Will Ca drop in proportion with dKh? Can I just keep testing both every day and then take a daily average and use that as my dosing guide?
Hope this makes sense, 3 am isn't when I do my best writing but it has been keeping me awake.