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    Default Re: Water Balance: Adjust alkalinity first, then PH

    AHHH HAAAAA!!! Mind blown... Thank you very much.
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    Default Re: Water Balance: Adjust alkalinity first, then PH

    I hope "AHHH HAAAAA!!! Mind blown" was a good "mind blown" and not, "oh, no, now I am more confused than ever!"

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    Default Re: Water Balance: Adjust alkalinity first, then PH

    All good! added 8# total baking soda. Will test tomorrow evening.
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    Default Re: Water Balance: Adjust alkalinity first, then PH

    Did you test TA after adding the first four pounds of baking soda? What was it? What was the pH?

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    Default Re: Water Balance: Adjust alkalinity first, then PH

    TA was down to 70 and pH was 7.2. Will test again this morning. ;-)

    Tested: TA up to 100 now and pH back to 7.4. Looks good to me now. Will do a full test todat after work.
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