ph stabilizer

[mopman 985]

Hi Guy's

Not sure if you can get something like this but i recently started hydro (DWC) and was wondering if anyone out there knows if you can get a PH stabilizer.

My PH fluctuates to above 7-8 relatively quick and its a pain in the ass to keep it in check. Not that bad but if i can find something out there to make my life easier im on it

Moppy

[Dust 6,284]

hope you'll find a quick solution man, can't help you on that sorry, but i often read people having this problem in the beginning of hydro system, mayb it settles by itself after a few weeks, anyway the pros will tell and i'll read

Good luck!

[mopman 985]

hope you'll find a quick solution man, can't help you on that sorry, but i often read people having this problem in the beginning of hydro system, mayb it settles by itself after a few weeks, anyway the pros will tell and i'll read

Good luck!

Thanks man , not a major problem at all just trying to make my life easier

[MissKittyKat 157]

Are your water temps high? high temps lead to pathogens which will cause unstable PH.

Are you keeping water aerated? The same thing can apply.

you can also buy a pH controller. check ebay

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Omega%20PHCN%2037%20Microprocessor%20based%20pH%20Controller&_itemId=190382865101

The other option is to change your nutes to something that has pH buffering in it.

[asneekypete 8]

As miss kitty cat said keep temp consistent and water aerated with an o2 stone. Also, with hydro it's best to keep ph lower than 7.0. I keep my eb and flo system at 5.8 during veg and 6.3 during flower. Keeps the girls looking great and taking in optimal levels of nutes. Good luck man.

[mopman 985]

Just a update on this i found that using much larger buckets keeps the PH stable as hell, happy me and maybe it helps someone else

[irishsmoker89 34]

I know I'm a bit late to the party here but I try to use a PH down that is comprised of citric acid (or at least has some in it). The General Hydroponics PH down is good. Also, when using RO water I like to add some cal/mag to help make things stable. Lastly, using a stable base nutrient helps out a lot. I use Canna Substra and rarely have PH issues in my DWC systems. Hope this helps out even though you seem to have solved the problem with the larger bucket.