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06-05-2003, 02:22 AM
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PH up Pot ash
After hearing about PH changes I jumped.
I brought home a PH meter from work and tested my water. 500 Gal with a 5.4 PH at the start. I also got from work Caustic potash flakes. I added SMALL amount 6 - 8 flakes and took two tests. I average 7.5 & 7.1 as water cycled through the pond. That with my barley straw I hope to see less bottom grass soon. Rich |
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06-05-2003, 02:23 AM
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PH up Pot ash
The caustic potash will get the pH up, but it will not keep it up. You need
to get some carbonates and bicarbonates in the pond to stabilize the pH. Regular old baking soda is the cheapest and quickest method of getting these carbonates into the pond. Use about a cup in your pond and see if it doesn't stabilize the pH. It will be higher than you currently have, but if you dumped in 5 pounds, it would not raise the pH above 8.4, which is acceptable. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html Rich wrote in message ... After hearing about PH changes I jumped. I brought home a PH meter from work and tested my water. 500 Gal with a 5.4 PH at the start. I also got from work Caustic potash flakes. I added SMALL amount 6 - 8 flakes and took two tests. I average 7.5 & 7.1 as water cycled through the pond. That with my barley straw I hope to see less bottom grass soon. Rich |
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06-05-2003, 04:20 AM
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PH up Pot ash
What is a good PH leave, for fish and plants?
7.0 is average, I thought 8 was too high. Rich "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:HeDta.742801$3D1.408545@sccrnsc01... The caustic potash will get the pH up, but it will not keep it up. You need to get some carbonates and bicarbonates in the pond to stabilize the pH. Regular old baking soda is the cheapest and quickest method of getting these carbonates into the pond. Use about a cup in your pond and see if it doesn't stabilize the pH. It will be higher than you currently have, but if you dumped in 5 pounds, it would not raise the pH above 8.4, which is acceptable. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html Rich wrote in message ... After hearing about PH changes I jumped. I brought home a PH meter from work and tested my water. 500 Gal with a 5.4 PH at the start. I also got from work Caustic potash flakes. I added SMALL amount 6 - 8 flakes and took two tests. I average 7.5 & 7.1 as water cycled through the pond. That with my barley straw I hope to see less bottom grass soon. Rich |
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06-05-2003, 04:44 AM
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PH up Pot ash
Eight is great!
Paul Rich wrote in message ... What is a good PH leave, for fish and plants? 7.0 is average, I thought 8 was too high. Rich |
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