jason2459
Well-known member
Well, maybe I was wrong and to quick to judge. Based on what I saw last night there was a lot of turbulence up top the skimmer like I had normally seen before adding the extension.
This morning on my normal checks that turbulence has settled down completely and looks normal now. So, maybe that extension did help. I'll have to keep an eye on it and observe over the next couple weeks now. I was just going to leave it running for a few days expecting what I experienced before. But now if it keeps reacting the same as it is this morning that's great.
I do not expect an increase in skimmate production which I've long past stopped caring so much about after hitting what seems like a limit of around 6 to 8 cups per day of dry sticky goodness. But what I would like more and more of is better aeration. I'll have to look back but previously the 784 had a slight decrease in pH which I believed was because of the flow rate being to high and not getting enough contact time. So, over the next couple weeks I'll see how the pH reacts over time. This morning pH is .06 higher then it was yesterday morning. That's a pretty significant (though extremely small amount) increase in pH just after changing that mazzei out.
Will see what happens and see if this morning is a fluke or not. If instability is created then the slight gain in aeration is not worth it.
.06 pH increase over last night's low. 2 pH probes to confirm each other's readings.
This morning on my normal checks that turbulence has settled down completely and looks normal now. So, maybe that extension did help. I'll have to keep an eye on it and observe over the next couple weeks now. I was just going to leave it running for a few days expecting what I experienced before. But now if it keeps reacting the same as it is this morning that's great.
I do not expect an increase in skimmate production which I've long past stopped caring so much about after hitting what seems like a limit of around 6 to 8 cups per day of dry sticky goodness. But what I would like more and more of is better aeration. I'll have to look back but previously the 784 had a slight decrease in pH which I believed was because of the flow rate being to high and not getting enough contact time. So, over the next couple weeks I'll see how the pH reacts over time. This morning pH is .06 higher then it was yesterday morning. That's a pretty significant (though extremely small amount) increase in pH just after changing that mazzei out.
Will see what happens and see if this morning is a fluke or not. If instability is created then the slight gain in aeration is not worth it.
.06 pH increase over last night's low. 2 pH probes to confirm each other's readings.
