help - pH rising and scum bubbles on surface of water

rkymtnman said:

either.
i usually mix half well/ half RO

i do drain to waste too. my pH is stable for up to 14 days. nice to go on vacation and not worry about your pH being all over the place

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Thanks again. Looks like pH and the foaming have stabilized. I think it was just the first day or two that I mixed the tank when things got a little wacky here. Still, working with the molasses is sticky business.

Well, I cleaned out the tank today and what a stinky nasty mess that was. Had to scrub hell out of the tank and all components. For me, the blackstrap molasses is not worth the cleaning hassle so I will skip it from now on since I am already using Boost. Otherwise I just follow the Canna guide, sans the Canazym.

I cleaned out my tank. Want to dive in?

ResinLip said:

Thanks again. Looks like pH and the foaming have stabilized. I think it was just the first day or two that I mixed the tank when things got a little wacky here. Still, working with the molasses is sticky business.

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give dry nutrients a try, and use a large tank, i didn't see what size you have, but i use a 110 gallon. I think people go to crazy on the flash names and additives.

use some dry tomato nutrients and dry cal/mag (comes in cal and epson salt) Its like 1/20 the cost (it cost me $175 to make 5500 gallons of mix), and it won't get all foamy. also, there isn't any mess to clean.

happy growing