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[Mike20132]

Not really relevant, more of a tangent, but I imagine litmus paper would make a good tester for distilled or R/O since it works similar and doesn't rely on conductivity, either.

It's arguably cheaper... And it really doesn't have to be super precise if you also have a good digital meter.

 

[Auto melt]

Who is looking forward too the 420 Mephisto Drop theres releasing new strainsm and 20 percent discount and freebies fro what I heard...

 

[Mike20132]

My tap water from the sink is 6.5 ph and 65 ppm Soft water, some people say my town the best town too grow lol. We have too ad calcium too bring it up too 250 ppm ec of 0.4 and then add nutes.

THat's really nice! Mine is well water, and its REALLY high in calcium.

 

[Jraven]

THat's really nice! Mine is well water, and its REALLY high in calcium.

maybe you can adjust your citric acid addition for the still to get the end result you want? And make sure it's dissolved first

 

[Mike20132]

maybe you can adjust your citric acid addition for the still to get the end result you want? And make sure it's dissolved first

Admittedly, I just tossed in an arbitrary amount. Not enough to precipitate out of solution with what I leave in the still after each run. The motivation for using it in the first place was pure laziness...

This is something I just started doing recently to avoid having to clean the still as frequently as I was. I still have to clean out the chelated calcium (it doesn't seem to be quite as soluble as the acid).

I'll just have to get off my ass and follow the regular cleaning schedule and method.

 

[Dichoti]

THat's really nice! Mine is well water, and its REALLY high in calcium.

...mine's city water. It's got a ph of 7.4, and ppm of 330. Ain't good for growing unless you either throw 20ml/gal of 3% h2o2 in and let it set for a few hours, or let it sit with an airstone in for a day to dechlorinate...
You almost gotta chew it to get a drink haha
(Peroxide was a joke. Haven't tried it yet lol)

 

[Mike20132]

This might sound kinda out there, and that's because I found a nice little nug while cleaning out my stash box... :smoking:

In DWC, bubbling air through the water will guarantee that some CO2 is always dissolved in the water. Not sure how significant that is in terms of the longevity of alkaline buffering agents in the nutrients... but I wonder if it would be even remotely useful to run the air through a lithium hydroxide scrubber... run just oxygen/nitrogen that way... Anyone ever try this?

Edit: In fact, I would go so far as to say that bubbling untreated air would actually saturate the water with CO2, and the cooler you keep the rez, the more CO2 it will contain.

 

[Samwell]

Come take a look at my current grow. Let me know what ya'll think, thanks!

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/mephisto-illuminauto-25-sour-orange-livers.65187/

 

[Mike20132]

...mine's city water. It's got a ph of 7.4, and ppm of 330. Ain't good for growing unless you either throw 20ml/gal of 3% h2o2 in and let it set for a few hours, or let it sit with an airstone in for a day to dechlorinate...
You almost gotta chew it to get a drink haha
(Peroxide was a joke. Haven't tried it yet lol)

"chew it to get a drink" I can definitely identify with that. pour one ounce of tap water in a glass. when it dries, the bottom of the glass is opaque. Haven't measured it, because it's already a non-starter.

 

[Mike20132]

Come take a look at my current grow. Let me know what ya'll think, thanks!

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/mephisto-illuminauto-25-sour-orange-livers.65187/

They look really healthy... Gonna stick around for this one