Those are readings from my established tanks.
With boiled peat and heavy carbon I can reduce the pH to 7.4 gh7 kh4 without too much coloring, but it's too much work.
I though it was silicates because the di filter failed after 1 weekend of use and the di filter didn't show a color change to indicate it was used up. My spouse looked up on the web and found references to silicates as being a cause of this. Apparently they bind with the mixed bed resin faster than what I want to get rid of.
Any thoughts?
thanks,
With boiled peat and heavy carbon I can reduce the pH to 7.4 gh7 kh4 without too much coloring, but it's too much work.
I though it was silicates because the di filter failed after 1 weekend of use and the di filter didn't show a color change to indicate it was used up. My spouse looked up on the web and found references to silicates as being a cause of this. Apparently they bind with the mixed bed resin faster than what I want to get rid of.
Any thoughts?
thanks,
