Raising Alkalinity Level

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Really!?! I've never had that happen once!

Well, I never pour just a little bit of water in. I use tap water for my dosing chemicals because over the lifetime of a dosing mix, I figure the teeny amount of tap water going in to the system relative to the 50 gallon water changes I do with R/O water is probably negligible, so when I mix I always add water to the baking soda at the rate of a faucet open full blast, so maybe it just never has a chance to clump up. I also use the hottest water I can get out of my tap. A little stirring and by the time the bucket is full the water is completely clear, with nary of clump or floaty in sight.

When I make my next batch I'll try adding just a small amount of luke-warm water to the bucket first and see what happens.