Recent content by ludeman

I use aquarium dosing pumps that have a app. I already had a ph/tds/temp meter and a remote cam to view it so it made sense for me. Not automatic but I look in on it often and it has worked for me. Some people have issues with the app but its worked 100% for me. $80 each so cost me $320 for...

I use an 80/20 mix or RO/tap and I let it stablelize in my top off barrel for 24hrs. It goes up slightly after I put it in my res, then starts dropping for 2 days. Then a slow drift up after that. I'm using tap water that starts around 150ppm. Their tap formula contains 3% Ammoniacal nitrogen...

It doesn't seem to drop out and I'm not adding that much since I'm just using it for ph up. Also I think making it soluble the way Bugbee does makes a difference.

Here is how Dr Bruce Bugbee does it https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cpl_nutrients/9/

I am somewhat new to growing and running RDWC with a combo of Jack's new RO and TAP formulas. It's hard to decifer all the info out there, there's a lot of bro-science but very little actual science. Luckily that is finally changing. What I found most frustrating was the nutrient uptake/ph...