- Aug 24, 2013
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I am eager to learn because I am an advanced aquarist and I have perfectly balanced aquariums (at least what we consider balanced in the aquarium world) so I have some knowledge in water chemistry to build off.
Bubble tubs should aerate just as much as jets imo, instead of turning the surface with oxygen your injecting it directly into the tub, bubbles have a lot of surface area to absorb oxygen into the water as they rise and shrink I would think. I have to get this under control because constant use of sodium bisulfate scares me....where is all this sodium bisulfate going after it is used? Does it gas off or stay in the water raising the TDS?
I tested my tap water it comes in at 200ppm of CH. I will just roll with that no need to lower or raise it.
Thanks for your CSI write up, can I ask if the CSI has anything to do with your health or comfort? Or is that just for the tub and equipment? I am a perfectionist at heart so of course I am fighting for "0" but is this extra stress really necessary?
One other thing I wanted to mention, after about a week of using it daily with liquid chlorine I noticed my CYA just barely move to potentially below 30ppm so I had to chlorinate it once more using dichlor. Should the CYA be dropping? I may need to use dichlor in place of liquid chlorine once a week or so. The tub water gets no sun light to speak of.
Bubble tubs should aerate just as much as jets imo, instead of turning the surface with oxygen your injecting it directly into the tub, bubbles have a lot of surface area to absorb oxygen into the water as they rise and shrink I would think. I have to get this under control because constant use of sodium bisulfate scares me....where is all this sodium bisulfate going after it is used? Does it gas off or stay in the water raising the TDS?
I tested my tap water it comes in at 200ppm of CH. I will just roll with that no need to lower or raise it.
Thanks for your CSI write up, can I ask if the CSI has anything to do with your health or comfort? Or is that just for the tub and equipment? I am a perfectionist at heart so of course I am fighting for "0" but is this extra stress really necessary?
One other thing I wanted to mention, after about a week of using it daily with liquid chlorine I noticed my CYA just barely move to potentially below 30ppm so I had to chlorinate it once more using dichlor. Should the CYA be dropping? I may need to use dichlor in place of liquid chlorine once a week or so. The tub water gets no sun light to speak of.