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What is a good pH for Goldfish???
I was wondering what a good pH for Goldfish are? I just purchased a pond
testing kit and got a pH of about 7.8. Is this good? Mike |
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What is a good pH for Goldfish???
The pH can be anywhere from about 7 to 9 with a little tolerance either
side. What is more important is the stability of the pH. If the pH is jumping up and down, morning and evening, then the fish are being stressed and stress causes disease. I don't run the pH, because I feel a test called KH (carbonate hardness) is more important. If the KH is up, the pH will be stable. I don't like to see a pond have less than 4 dH or 70 ppm, and the higher the better for the filter bacteria, up to at least 300 ppm. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Mike" wrote in message ... I was wondering what a good pH for Goldfish are? I just purchased a pond testing kit and got a pH of about 7.8. Is this good? Mike |
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What is a good pH for Goldfish???
I know Lee will want to answer this thread as soon as
she gets home from her week-end jaunt. She is a staunch believer in KH readings. She uses baking soda faithfully as do I. Rod Farlee- our absent chemist - told me to use 1 cup of baking soda for 1,000 gallons of pond water for 3 or 4 days. (I have a 3,000 gallon pond) I am like Lee. I like to keep a healthy reading on for KH. Your pH will stabilize at 8.4. This is what we look for ... stability just as Rich says. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "RichToyBox" wrote in message et... The pH can be anywhere from about 7 to 9 with a little tolerance either side. What is more important is the stability of the pH. If the pH is jumping up and down, morning and evening, then the fish are being stressed and stress causes disease. I don't run the pH, because I feel a test called KH (carbonate hardness) is more important. If the KH is up, the pH will be stable. I don't like to see a pond have less than 4 dH or 70 ppm, and the higher the better for the filter bacteria, up to at least 300 ppm. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Mike" wrote in message ... I was wondering what a good pH for Goldfish are? I just purchased a pond testing kit and got a pH of about 7.8. Is this good? Mike |
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What is a good pH for Goldfish???
Ok I did a KH test on my pond and it is at about 110ppm ( I guess its time
to add a bit of baking soda). At the same time I decided to do a GH test and got a result of about 160ppm. Is this reading ok? Mike "Nedra" wrote in message arthlink.net... I know Lee will want to answer this thread as soon as she gets home from her week-end jaunt. She is a staunch believer in KH readings. She uses baking soda faithfully as do I. Rod Farlee- our absent chemist - told me to use 1 cup of baking soda for 1,000 gallons of pond water for 3 or 4 days. (I have a 3,000 gallon pond) I am like Lee. I like to keep a healthy reading on for KH. Your pH will stabilize at 8.4. This is what we look for ... stability just as Rich says. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "RichToyBox" wrote in message et... The pH can be anywhere from about 7 to 9 with a little tolerance either side. What is more important is the stability of the pH. If the pH is jumping up and down, morning and evening, then the fish are being stressed and stress causes disease. I don't run the pH, because I feel a test called KH (carbonate hardness) is more important. If the KH is up, the pH will be stable. I don't like to see a pond have less than 4 dH or 70 ppm, and the higher the better for the filter bacteria, up to at least 300 ppm. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Mike" wrote in message ... I was wondering what a good pH for Goldfish are? I just purchased a pond testing kit and got a pH of about 7.8. Is this good? Mike |
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What is a good pH for Goldfish???
If your GH is naturally that high, you're fine. If you've added something to
get it that high, then back off just a teensy bit. The 125-150 range is "ideal", but 160 certainly isn't going to hurt. As RTB suggested, raise your KH a bit with baking soda. It will raise your pH a bit to 8.4, but it will stabilize the buffering capability against rain and the infamous AM/PM fluctuations. I have a heavily populated koi pond and run a bead filter; I also live in an area where the rain's pH can be as low as 4.7, which can DECIMATE the KH of any pond. My recent rainfall record was nearly 4 inches in 22 minutes. It dropped my KH by 80 ppm, but the pH stayed solid and the fish were happy. There has been some discussion that high KH is responsible for losing the reds in koi, but a correspondingly high GH will usually enhance the colors. You've already got the high GH (lucky you!), so go for it! Lee "Mike" wrote in message ... Ok I did a KH test on my pond and it is at about 110ppm ( I guess its time to add a bit of baking soda). At the same time I decided to do a GH test and got a result of about 160ppm. Is this reading ok? Mike "Nedra" wrote in message arthlink.net... I know Lee will want to answer this thread as soon as she gets home from her week-end jaunt. She is a staunch believer in KH readings. She uses baking soda faithfully as do I. Rod Farlee- our absent chemist - told me to use 1 cup of baking soda for 1,000 gallons of pond water for 3 or 4 days. (I have a 3,000 gallon pond) I am like Lee. I like to keep a healthy reading on for KH. Your pH will stabilize at 8.4. This is what we look for ... stability just as Rich says. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "RichToyBox" wrote in message et... The pH can be anywhere from about 7 to 9 with a little tolerance either side. What is more important is the stability of the pH. If the pH is jumping up and down, morning and evening, then the fish are being stressed and stress causes disease. I don't run the pH, because I feel a test called KH (carbonate hardness) is more important. If the KH is up, the pH will be stable. I don't like to see a pond have less than 4 dH or 70 ppm, and the higher the better for the filter bacteria, up to at least 300 ppm. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Mike" wrote in message ... I was wondering what a good pH for Goldfish are? I just purchased a pond testing kit and got a pH of about 7.8. Is this good? Mike |
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