8.0 is fine. If anything the rain will make your PH drop. Some algae like a
high PH, some like a low PH, some like a 7.0 PH. As long as you are 6.5-8.5
(others have 9.0+) you're fine.

"Shelly" wrote in message ...
Hello Ponders,
I have a small pond (~400 gal) and I have a Ph problem. The Ph of the
city water here is 7.4 but after a few days in my pond the Ph goes to
8.0. I'm not sure why, my guess is maybe there's a rock in there that's
elevating the Ph. I feed my fish tons of food and I have it a "little"
bit over-stocked which you'd think would lower the Ph, and then after a
few days it's back up to 8.0. Should I leave it alone or should I put
some peat in the filter system? What do you suggest? The fish seem
fine, but I do get algae blooms every time it rains? (I hear that with
higher PH algae thrives??)

Thanks for any information
Shelly