"Paul" wrote in message
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Well according to test strips these are the results: Nitrate 0 Nitrite
0
Ttl Hardness 150ppm Ttl Alkalinity Moderate/80ppm Ph 8.0. The
date
stamped on botton is 03/2006 A lot of algae is in the filter
itself...............Thanks

The Ph seems to be really high for a freshwater pond. I keep mine at 7.4
or below. I also find it very hard to believe that your nitrate levels are
0. If there are no nitrates in the water, what is the algae feeding off
of? I think you may want to consider getting another nitrate kit and
re-testing the water. I'd also try to slowly get that Ph down. I'd
probably go ahead and clean the filter as well. Hope this helps.

George

"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:05:44 CST, "Paul" wrote:

I have just posted a question about my pump. Now i noticed a lot of
string
type algae in the corners of the pond and a lot of algae in the filters
them
selves, but the water is clear and test strips say water is good. I
made
a
skippy type filter which worked great last year, but this year, not so
great. Have the same amount of fish. My water hyacinths are doing
really
poor. They won't grow, just seem to turn brown or just stay the
same....Any
help? Thanks......................

Dying WH are a good indication of possible too high a pH. What are the
numbers on your test strips claiming? What is the expiration date of the
strips? ~ jan
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