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Advice needed - pond PH too high, my koi died
I'm new to rec.ponds and to pond keeping in general, and I hope you
more experienced people can help me with a problem I have with my pond. My pond is very small (about 50 gallons or so I think) and I had two cute little 3" koi. They lived for about a month. When the second died today, I took a sample of water in to where I bought the koi and they tested it, and told me it was too acidic. The other levels were OK. They recommended a chemical treatment called "PH Down" but, because I have two dogs that think nothing of drinking from the pond, I don't want to use that product as it's hazardous. Any other ideas out there on how to bring down the PH of my pond, in a way that would be safe for pond-drinking pets? Also, any ideas on why this happened and how I can avoid it in the future? If it is helpful to know, I also have in this pond 3 aquatic plants (the kind you put in aquariums), a "sucker fish" to clean up the sides of the pond, two snails and a flag lily. There are two small pumps drawing water through filters and one of them sends the water through a spitter to help with aerating it. I had just done a forced water change of about half the pond water in the week before the last koi died; one of the pumps got bumped and pumped half the pond water out into the garden. I replaced the water over several days; each batch of water I added to the pond sat out 24 hours before adding it. It also rained heavily the day before the last fish died. I feel so bad about the koi and don't want to get any more unless I can keep them healthy! Thank you for any advice you can give me. |
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