Thankyou. I will do that

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
s.com...
And while you're there, buy a KH kit, buffering is what keeps your pH
stable.

Koi can be perfectly happy at 8.5 (I won't say higher, but I know people
who do keep them at higher pH, unfortunately the filter bacteria doesn't
work well above 8.5.) ~ jan

take your tap water to the fish store and ask them to test it. maybe
your kit is
old. Ingrid

"rob" wrote:

I was pretty sure salt would not affect pH ..... just didn't know what
did.

The tap water I used for the pond has a reading of 8.6 maybe 8.8 since I
am
extrapolating. I do not know the hardness of the tap water. I'll use
some
of the kitty litter from the pond and let it sit in the tap water and
see
what happens.


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