canna aqua ph rising help please

ckckck

ckckck

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hi guys im using canna aqua veg at the mo on my 25litre dwc bubbler iim using ro water with 0 tds i checked the ph ov my ro water it was 5.5 i added the nutes that bought it down to 4.4 and then used ph up to put it in the correct range back to 5.5 24 hours later the ph had risen to 6.9 so i had to use ph down to 5.5 why it says on the bottle to adjust the inital set and it will stay in range what am i doing wrong any suggestions welcome manythanks
 
skate4theherb

skate4theherb

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ckckck said:
hi guys im using canna aqua veg at the mo on my 25litre dwc bubbler iim using ro water with 0 tds i checked the ph ov my ro water it was 5.5 i added the nutes that bought it down to 4.4 and then used ph up to put it in the correct range back to 5.5 24 hours later the ph had risen to 6.9 so i had to use ph down to 5.5 why it says on the bottle to adjust the inital set and it will stay in range what am i doing wrong any suggestions welcome manythanks
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did u rinse your hydroton well? where you live do you have hard water?
Im using canna aque also.this same thing happen to me.i found out that it was my hard water I'm using.so i hard to get a ph down that has a buffer in it.
acid buffer if u have low pH to start with or and alkaline buffer. check your profile page i posted something on there.
 
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