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Old 13-05-2007, 10:06 PM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Derek Broughton Derek Broughton is offline
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Default Brown water!
wrote:

dont know, but when those "pills" are tossed into soft acid ponds the
pH swings are enough to start killing the fish. It sounds good in
theory, just doesnt work. Another Koivorkian moment.

You're a scientist, Solo; you should know better. Plaster of Paris does not
cause wild pH swings. It sounds good in theory, _and_ it works. It
doesn't work in the _long_ term because the buffer gets used up, but it
does work.
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