Quote Originally Posted by duraleigh
Van,

I would suggest 4lbs of baking soda. It will raise your Alk up around 115 and perhaps raise your pH again but you can then bring the Acid back down with muriatic. Hopefully your pH will be more controllable.

Your post infers that you are aware the SWG's will most always raise your pH pretty steadily....muriatic will have to be a way of life.....a small price, I think.

I added 4lbs. of backing soda last night. I just measured (About 24 hours later) and I am only measuring TA of 100. My PH is off the chart again. I added some acid again (about 30% - 40% of a gallon). I seem to add about a gallon every 2 or three days. That is the only way I can keep the PH in line.

Do you think I may need more backing soda since I am only at 100 now? Perhaps it will take another day or two to register. Maybe since I am adding so much acid it is keeping my TA from raising??

Any help would be apprecaited.

Dan