Nutrients A quick question about my "reservoir"

[ItbeetsOregano]

My reservoir is just a 5gal bucket with a 4" air stone and air pump. That I have been making weekly batches(every Friday) of tangs easy schedule line up plus a few things as needed...Cal/mag or voodoo juice. I have noticed that overnight the additives sink to the bottom along side the air stone. I have, so far, just given it a good stir before using. I haven't noticed anything in my plants that show me I'm really screwing up...yet. I have checked the ppm and pH a few times after giving it a good stir and while my ppm is consistent with my numbers at time of creation. My PH will raise to almost the value of my well water ph. Which is 6.4ish. I'm in coco btw

My question...should I add a circulation pump to beat the settling problem? If so will this help my PH stay more stable or will it always rebound to almost originally values from the water source? Maybe I should just continue as I have...idk what do you all think?

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[Mañ'O'Green]

My reservoir is just a 5gal bucket with a 4" air stone and air pump. That I have been making weekly batches(every Friday) of tangs easy schedule line up plus a few things as needed...Cal/mag or voodoo juice. I have noticed that overnight the additives sink to the bottom along side the air stone. I have, so far, just given it a good stir before using. I haven't noticed anything in my plants that show me I'm really screwing up...yet. I have checked the ppm and pH a few times after giving it a good stir and while my ppm is consistent with my numbers at time of creation. My PH will raise to almost the value of my well water ph. Which is 6.4ish. I'm in coco btw

My question...should I add a circulation pump to beat the settling problem? If so will this help my PH stay more stable or will it always rebound to almost originally values from the water source? Maybe I should just continue as I have...idk what do you all think?

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Check the mixing order that you are adding the nutrients into the bucket - they should not be settling at all.

 

[lunarman]

Are you using Carboload now? that stuff is like a lighter molasses but slimy and gooey. It clogged up an irrigation line of mine so I stopped using it in the reservoir. Overdrive is fine. I hand water in Carboload from the top of my autopots now.

I use Tangs easy schedule as well and I have 2 autopot reservoirs and I've never seen things at the bottom (other than the carboload issue in my lines). And I do not pump air in to my res either. So it must be something you are using. Or its the sequence you're using as mentioned by @Mañ'O'Green

 

[ItbeetsOregano]

Interesting, I am mixing calmag first if needed then stir
Sensi bloom part A and stir
Sensi bloom B and stir
Voodoo juice and stir
Seems very well mixed with correct(5.8-5.9) PH at time of creation, but as I said won't stay overnight. My next idea was just to mix a smaller batch of just the sensi bloom 2 part and see if it separates and sinks maybe the other additives are causing it? Idk

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[ItbeetsOregano]

I'm not far enough into it to be using the carboload yet.

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