kh running high now

mitchwelt · 10/24/2007, 07:25 PM

i am slowly adding magnesium (epson salt) and i tested my kh, it was at 11 now, before dosing epson it was 9.
is this bad?

mikid · 10/24/2007, 08:30 PM

my kh is at 5,im tring to raise it with a buffer,but it state that just to keep adding until it reachs you spec kh,who told you about the epson salt?mis tha a fix,did you add to much?mike d?

mitchwelt · 10/24/2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by mikid
my kh is at 5,im tring to raise it with a buffer,but it state that just to keep adding until it reachs you spec kh,who told you about the epson salt?mis tha a fix,did you add to much?mike d?

epson salt is for magnesium, but my kh went up a bit when i started usng..

bertoni · 10/24/2007, 11:36 PM

I'm not sure why epsom salt would raise alkalinity, off hand. That's not making sense just yet. Maybe Boomer or one of the people with some chemistry background might be able to help.

10/24/2007, 07:25 PM	#1
mitchwelt tool repair man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tamarac, fl Posts: 2,005	kh running high now i am slowly adding magnesium (epson salt) and i tested my kh, it was at 11 now, before dosing epson it was 9. is this bad?

10/24/2007, 08:30 PM	#2
mikid Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fair oaks,california Posts: 1,767	kh my kh is at 5,im tring to raise it with a buffer,but it state that just to keep adding until it reachs you spec kh,who told you about the epson salt?mis tha a fix,did you add to much?mike d?

10/24/2007, 11:36 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I'm not sure why epsom salt would raise alkalinity, off hand. That's not making sense just yet. Maybe Boomer or one of the people with some chemistry background might be able to help. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni