I wouldnt mess with the ph unless you have a problem. The ph swings some
morning to evening. A drastic swing can cause a crisis. My ph runs 8.5 to
9.0 and my plants and fish are very happy and healthy. What is normal for
you at this time of year? I say leave it alone
"IceEros" wrote in message
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Don't mess with the Ph too much. According with the experts messing up
with the Ph is the major reason for discomfort and stress to fishes. Do
you have a concret pond or with buthyl liner. Sometimes concret or
untreated cement may increase your Ph.
A bag of peat may reduce your Ph and also acts as a buffer, all the
chemicals are useless the water usually bounce back to the initial Ph.

Dont forget that during hot afternoons plants tend to increase the
water's Ph and is nothing one can do about it.
7 Ph is (allegedly) ideal, anything between 6.5 and 8.5 is good.
9 Ph is not that bad, the worse thing is a Ph that fluctuates.
My water water was testing ideal from all points of view just the Ph
was 8.5. In my stupid ambition to bring it to ideal (or close) I messed
up with the Ph using different chemicals and solution such as Ph
down...etc. Result? The water always has bounced back to 8.5, even
worse I lost 9 fishes that had suddenly developed velvet and fungus. I
put a 2Kg bag of peat inside my 500 gallons pond and the water ph has
slighlty gone down to about 7.8 and stayed there for the last 3 months
without any loss of fish.
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IceEros
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