Alkalinity and ph

[bhodges82]

i recently discovered that I had my doser set too high for alk 2 part so I removed the hose from the doser for a couple of days, since then my ph has been dropping steadily. Is this normal? My apex keeps sending me multiple alarms, but the graph doesn’t reflect the alarm reading.

 

[a4goulet]

Im not sure about the apex alarm, but yes its normal for your ph to fall if you stop dosing alk. How much has your ph dropped?

 

[bhodges82]

alt="69DB6218-933A-4F6D-9489-E6356671D77F" />An average of about .3 in 3 days.  I should be close to target alk tonight, it had gotten up to 13, the goal is 9dkh. I’m new to apex, I think it makes me worry too much, when I didn’t know what my ph was all the time I didn’t worry at all. I was mainly just wanting to know if the drop was normal because I’ve never observed it before.

 

[danh]

That's normal and where you want to be anyway. 8.3-8.15 is great.

 

[Adam]

Yea, no doubt about it being where you want it. Over 8.4 and getting close to 8.5 is a bit high so it's good that it's falling. Most of us would kill to have ph that stays in the sweet spot of 8.10 - 8.30. What's you're Alk reading and have you seen any precipitate or clumping of the sand?

 

[bhodges82]

Checked alk 2 days ago at 10.8dkh. I haven’t seen any precipitation.

 

[bhodges82]

Today alk was 9.3, reduced dose and restarted doser. Hopefully my ph will maintain along with the alkalinity.