Thanks everyone,(posted 8374 days ago)Jorge I am sure the new tank has no leaks but I will check out the thing about the deionised water (and try to find the distilled one).
FW, I shot my Tri-X at E.I. 320, as recommended by Kodak almighty.
wolfram, no, I really take care not to get any of bath B in the developer, I have read how much harm can be done by doing this. I use my thermometer first in the bath A and then in B (after rinsing also...
Barry, thank you very much for your response, I am delighted to get some help from the guy who makes my developer... I guess I will have to try the single bath option, although I really enjoyed very much workinh with a two bath developer. I also get too often the strikes (uneven development) I even got it when I used the new tank and new everything. I am really puzzled about the purple colour that my first bath took after the Tri-X development, because I also gave my film a pre-development rinse (in order to clear the anti- halation dyes) before starting... Do you think the dyes are so strong that they can colourise the first bath so strongly (I am talking about a STRONG purple colour)...
Anyway, I will share my experience of the single bath DiXactol development soon...