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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / June 2004pH in pond too low - question
Greetings all, I have a 2200 gal backyard pond with about 20 2-3 inch comets and koi and about 1/5 plant cover. This week my pH is at 6.5 How can i get it up to a good range. Can anyone recommend a good amount of baking soda or lawn lime dust to put in the pond to fix it. Could the pH have gone down due to a berry tree dropping berries in it all month? Thanks to all, joe decomposing plant life will cause the ph to drop for sure. I've seen Ingrid/Dr Solo suggest Dolomoitic Limestone - this will act as a buffer. I'd suggest cleaning the pond of all debris, and adding some baking soda slowly to raise the ph > Greetings all, > I have a 2200 gal backyard pond with about 20 2-3 inch comets and koi and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks to all, > joe go to wally world or garden center and get organic dolomitic limestone. before using test it in gallon of water, add 1/2 cup, aerated and test pH after 24 hours should not go over pH 8.5 or so (pH depends on starting pH). this pH may be due to dissolved CO2, so get some good aeration going in there too. what is the pH of water out of the tap? Ingrid >Greetings all, >I have a 2200 gal backyard pond with about 20 2-3 inch comets and koi and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Thanks to all, >joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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