Good morning!

After dropping pH to something less than 7.2 last night and aerating overnight, I tested this morning at 7.5 pH and Alk at 130! That looks like progress and I'm delighted.

Waterbear, if I understand correctly, I can actually trust this alk number because the pH already went up, right?

I'm hoping that's the case. I just put in another 1.5 gallons of muriatic and will be aerating all day. Targeting alk in the 80-90 range (high alk fill water, heater).

Everyone, thank you so much for all the help and sharing your insights with me!

--Sigrid