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lowering PH/Alkaline
Muff look for the ** hope this all helps enjoy
*muffin* wrote: the testing kit is the liquid drops ( the dip stick one I did yesterday, read way OVER 8.5 for ph/alkaline) ( I'll look for a 2 part ammonia tester tomorrow,,,,,,, do they have 'em at pet stores?) *** should be sure to check for the expiration date umm I don't have the pump running either,, yet,( for filter & water falls,,,, havent built the falls yet will that help?? ** definitly will go ahead and fire it up you can always rerout it to the waterfalls later somewhere I read using "Amquel" to lower the ammonia? is there anythign else? ( can *this* be purchased at a pet store??) **they should have it I have a couple gold fish ,, 'ON HOLD' at store,, needed to pick them up & put in pond this weekend,,,,,,, umm, bad idea? *** retest the amonia make sure it realy is up, false readings do happen if it is use the amquell if not keep the amquell for just in case give it a day or three to stabalize and add your fish Muffin dang, had a pond 20 yrs ago & never tested anything, wonder how it survived! OK,this morning tested with fresh water aquarium testing kit. PH is 7.8 KH is in range of 200-400 PPM GH is in range of 100-200 PPM ammonia is 2-3 PPM there are no plants of fish in the pond ok, now what? is there anything to fix? & with what? (I'll test again tonight) everything sounds fine to me eept the amonia without fish there should be none which type of kit are you using dip sticks or liquid drops ? one of our chem gurus jump in here and help with this one John Rutz -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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