Listen to patlpp - he's teh one giving good advice.
Do NOT try to pH your water. "It's not going to do it in the medium. Ph perfect or not." is wrong. That's exactly what pH Perfect does.
Also, it's not true that pH Perfect doesn't make your nutrient solution the correct pH. It does. It ALSO makes all the nutrients available at a larger pH range. It is not a one-or-the-other situation. So while it's true that your plants should thrive at a much larger pH range than they would with non-pH Perfect nutes, the fact that your pH isn't coming down into the proper range is still cause for concern. It's entirely possible that your plants would grow fat and happy at the higher pH. But let's not gamble on that. Let's especially not give a new grower inaccurate information.
Provided your water isn't chocked full of too much of certain things, and it's between I think 4 and 8.5pH, adding pH Perfect nutes should lock it in right about a 5.6ph or so. Since that's not happening, we can safely assume your tap water is probably pretty high ppm. It's certainly high pH. You're definitely going to want to filter it. RO filters aren't dirt cheap, but they're not terribly expensive either. They're one of the soundest investments a grower can make. Knowing your water source is clean makes every step that comes after it that much easier.
If you're using RO water with the pH Perfect nutes it's pretty much "set it and forget it". Mix 'em up, dump 'em in, and don't give it another thought until res change.
Do NOT try to pH your water. "It's not going to do it in the medium. Ph perfect or not." is wrong. That's exactly what pH Perfect does.
Also, it's not true that pH Perfect doesn't make your nutrient solution the correct pH. It does. It ALSO makes all the nutrients available at a larger pH range. It is not a one-or-the-other situation. So while it's true that your plants should thrive at a much larger pH range than they would with non-pH Perfect nutes, the fact that your pH isn't coming down into the proper range is still cause for concern. It's entirely possible that your plants would grow fat and happy at the higher pH. But let's not gamble on that. Let's especially not give a new grower inaccurate information.
Provided your water isn't chocked full of too much of certain things, and it's between I think 4 and 8.5pH, adding pH Perfect nutes should lock it in right about a 5.6ph or so. Since that's not happening, we can safely assume your tap water is probably pretty high ppm. It's certainly high pH. You're definitely going to want to filter it. RO filters aren't dirt cheap, but they're not terribly expensive either. They're one of the soundest investments a grower can make. Knowing your water source is clean makes every step that comes after it that much easier.
If you're using RO water with the pH Perfect nutes it's pretty much "set it and forget it". Mix 'em up, dump 'em in, and don't give it another thought until res change.