Pool shock/ nutrient adding order

Greengrouch

Greengrouch

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Mix a 1000ppm solution 1gram/1liter use 7-10ml of your chlorine solution per gallon of your nutrient solution for 2-3ppm chlorine
 
Greengrouch

Greengrouch

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Or and this is what I do, use regular unscented Clorox bleach at .25ml/gallon and it doesn’t really matter when you add the chlorine, there aren’t any interactions with your fertilizer, I usually add it last because I always almost forget it and my roots are great!
 
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Stomate

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gwheels said:
A good ph pen will show the difference. Chlorine dissipates over time, as does peroxide in a sterile rez...as do bennies.

Chlorine works this way in a pool. You shock your pool by hitting it with chlorine, which you do once a week. Usually after 24 hours its good to swim again and after a week it needs a shock.

in my 14 gallon res i add 20ml of my pool shock solution when i fill the res every 3 days.

I copied this from a search. Your hydro res is like a mini pool. And it has roots and things that want to pump up the bacterial funk.

Chlorine kills bacteria though a fairly simple chemical reaction. The chlorine solution you pour into the water breaks down into many different chemicals, including hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and hypochlorite ion (OCl-). Both kill microorganisms and bacteria by attacking the lipids in the cell walls and destroying the enzymes and structures inside the cell, rendering them oxidized and harmless.
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just came across this and most of what im
Using has ammonia of some form or another in it.. any thoughts?F7892C60-A309-45B4-B53A-902E184F2525.png
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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I use my truncheon to measure chlorine.

I mix up 2.0 ec solution, that's 2000ppm so 2ml per litre of water is 4 ppm of chlorine.
 
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waterproof808

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gwheels said:
why would they not measure the level? 5ppm and under is safe. My TDS meter is accurate to the 10th of a point.
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TDS meters only measure the electrical conductivity of water and convert it to ppms. Salts create electrical conductivity, hence they are call electrolytes. If you are measuring sodium hypochlorite in water, your meter is reading the sodium levels not free chlorine. Chlorine is not a salt.
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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Here's the label, when I dissolve 1 tablet to 2.5ltr I get 2.0ec/1000 ppm
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Mixing calcium chloride and mpk i use the the same calculation.
 
gwheels

gwheels

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Well that ruins my TDS meter measurements.... back to pool strips and test kits.

Pool detection kits have a spot for 3ppm and under. That is swimming pool perfection and the best for swimming without irritation.
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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Stomate said:
How well does your solution store?
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99% no problems with roughly 5-7 days sitting in the reservoir, the ph might need a tweak though.

I did go through a period of getting precipitation but it persisted with just ab the chlorine had no relevance to the problem.
 
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Stomate

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waterproof808 said:
You are supposed to mix 1 gram per gallon of H20, then use 1oz of that solution per 5 gallons of water in your rez.
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This stock solution doesn’t seem to store well at all… mixed it up and put it in a bottle. Right after mixing it smelled heavy of chlorine and by the next day I could barely smell anything. Really need to get myself a chlorine tester
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Stomate said:
This stock solution doesn’t seem to store well at all… mixed it up and put it in a bottle. Right after mixing it smelled heavy of chlorine and by the next day I could barely smell anything. Really need to get myself a chlorine tester
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are you against just measuring it out per dose?
 
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Stomate

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rkymtnman said:
are you against just measuring it out per dose?
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No not at all. Though .1 gram per ten gallons to create 1ppm was way to high. I mixed up one gram, dumped it into a just over 40 gallon system and destroyed my roots. Ended up chopping everything off. Honestly I’m just frustrated. I’ve tried multiple solutions advised from different people on here amd nothing seems to work.
I’m blown away that people can get away with adding so much chlorine into their solutions. I’ve cut people recipes in half and still fucked my roots over.
After the last attempt at storing a solution I’ve been very much considering just cutting what you recommended to me in half and hoping for the best.

Thanks for taking the time to try and help
 
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Stomate

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rkymtnman said:
have you ever checked your scale? does a dime weigh 2.268 grams exactly?
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So I’ve come across a number of articles stating that any ammonia based product such as general hydroponics ph down will cause the chlorine to gas off and render it useless. Even my dry fert has ammonia based things in it. This may be causing the issues I’m dealing with. Any thoughts?
what fert/ph down do you use in combination with pool shock?
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Stomate said:
So I’ve come across a number of articles stating that any ammonia based product such as general hydroponics ph down will cause the chlorine to gas off and render it useless. Even my dry fert has ammonia based things in it. This may be causing the issues I’m dealing with. Any thoughts?
what fert/ph down do you use in combination with pool shock?
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i use GH pH down too. it's phosphoric acid. don't think it has ammonia in it.

and iv'e used shock with the GH 3 part, maxibloom and dyna gro foliage pro. all with no issues. i think the % of ammonia based N in all of them is very small: most N is from cal nitrate
 
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