"chatnoir" wrote:


- PH 8.5 - acceptable.

Wow! I would say the highest you should go is 7.6! How does the PH
very all day long! That should tell you something!

Mine is at 8.5 also. That¹s how it comes out of the tap. As long as there
are not swings, this is fine, although not perfect for the plants.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.

On Jun 27, 5:07 pm, San Diego Joe wrote:
"chatnoir" wrote:

- PH 8.5 - acceptable.

Wow! I would say the highest you should go is 7.6! How does the PH
very all day long! That should tell you something!

Mine is at 8.5 also. That¹s how it comes out of the tap. As long as there
are not swings, this is fine, although not perfect for the plants.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.

Wow, here in Denver, Colorado it comes out at 7.0!

you either have a water softener, it is from a river or a lake, or
they are adding something to the water. even rain from the sky isnt
7.0

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:33:54 CST, chatnoir
Wow, here in Denver, Colorado it comes out at 7.0!

On Jun 28, 9:07 am, wrote:
you either have a water softener, it is from a river or a lake, or
they are adding something to the water. even rain from the sky isnt
7.0

Rain water no! But I have tested a lot of ponds and rives in the
area. They are all near 7.0. No big mineral runoff from the
mountains unless it hits some mined areas! Got a lot of acid bogs in
the mountains; but around Denver, I get around 7.0 fairly
consistently!



On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:33:54 CST, chatnoir

Wow, here in Denver, Colorado it comes out at 7.0!