Getting back on track of this thread....
Took readings of my water this morning at 6:15. Surface temp was 84 degrees. Ph reading was 7.0 on both litmus and wide range testers and my alkalinity has increased to 40 ppm. Looks like the 500# of lime I put out three weeks ago has made some improvements and my efforts with the outboard aren't hurting anything. Fish activity this morning is VERY CALM. My hardness however, is still 0. Gotta do something about that. Probably look into adding some gypsum (sheetrock) today.
Did you add gypsum?
I'm also struggling with GH.
Slurry?
