browning and some bleaching

[alten78]

well, everything that can go wrong at one time pretty much has. First noticed some browning going on last week but couldn't find the source till yesterday. ro/di unit is in need of new filters, water coming out of it is reading 14 ppm according to my tds meter Got one half of my shipment but still waiting on the ro filter itself.

Then couple days ago noticed some bleaching on one of the acros...crap. tested alk which was low at 2 meq/L, raised it up a bit just to have it fall right back. Tested mag and its low at 1150 ppm.

So the question I have for yall is, how fast can I raise my mag back to acceptable ranges?

 

[jsweir]

You can bring it up quickly, but I would spread it out over a week or so.

 

[DrBDC]

Good guide to go by is about 100 per day especially if using a supplement with magnesium sulphate.

 

[Zoom]

Re: browning and some bleaching

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6992905#post6992905 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by alten78
well, everything that can go wrong at one time pretty much has. First noticed some browning going on last week but couldn't find the source till yesterday. ro/di unit is in need of new filters, water coming out of it is reading 14 ppm according to my tds meter Got one half of my shipment but still waiting on the ro filter itself.

Then couple days ago noticed some bleaching on one of the acros...crap. tested alk which was low at 2 meq/L, raised it up a bit just to have it fall right back. Tested mag and its low at 1150 ppm.

So the question I have for yall is, how fast can I raise my mag back to acceptable ranges?

TDS of 14 is not that bad definitely not the cause of browning. also Mag at 1150 PPM will not do any harm.
You alk is to low get it up to 3 slowly if the alk don't go up do some water changes that ill help you get your water stable.