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The Bloom!
Well it happened..a few nice days of crystal clear water .... and
bam.... now i have a lovely algae bloom. I would like to get rid of it some how -- so it looks like a "clean" pond but yet I'd also like to make sure it's an ecosystem (balanced!!) so I'm hesitant to put in a UV sterilizer to kill away all algae. My nitrate/nitrite levels are low (0.1 mg/mL nitrite // under 5 mg/L nitrate); KH is about 50 ppm; ammonia levels are well under 0.6 mg/L; and lastly, but what could be the problem, my pH skyrocketed from last week being nearly 8.5 pushing almost close to nine. I am currently lowering my pH to about 6.6 but as you all probably know I have to do this 0.5 per day so I don't stress my fish out (I only have two koi). Should lowering my pH help out or what else can I do so i have clear but natural water??? (natural meaning a healthy amount of algae not a green mess!) Thank you all... this google group thing is probably the best invention anyone has come up with :-) take care!! ~ Greg |
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