am i over dosing?

[ReDDeviLs]

hi,

i have been reading the instrutions on the pH buffer and dKH buffer and its like telling me i shld dose every 5g of pH powder to 20gallons of water

im having 200gallons of water,and will i be dosing too much pH?

the reason is bcos everytime i poor the solution into my pump,it clounds my tank and form a soapy layer below my sump tank.

is this normal?

plz help thx

[Achilles Tang]

Best for you to get a PH monitor for continuous monitoring. Using PH test kits for daily monitoring is exhausting and expensive long term.

You have to know your PH levels before doing any form of dosing to bring it up. Overdosing is dangerous if you can't monitor levels.