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High PH
I need some help! Pond is 5 years old.
Probably 1200 gallons.Light fish load. We have several of the original fish & have lost 2 or 3 over winters & 1 now & then. But we've lost 3 in the last couple weeks. My fav was dead today. Had water tested yesterday. They said everything was good. Rather high PH,but not enough to klll fish. Today I had it tested at another place. Same story. So I had water tested at a 3rd fish store & Nitrates,Nitrites & amonia is good.Hardness is at 425. PH a whopping 9.4 & he said get fish out & change all water! Also he said put in a cup salt per 100 gallons We have a lot of plants & they look scorched on edges. For the first time we have pea soup watr that won't clear with Micro-lift. Micro lift is the only different thing we've added this year. Any ideas as to what we should do? Iris. |
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First of all I would not do a 100% water change it will kill the fish
most likely. If your well or tap water has a lower pH I would start doing 10% water changes every few days to lower the pH.Have you fertilized the lawn lately? Had any big rains which might have washed fertilizer into the pond? "Iris" wrote in message ... I need some help! Pond is 5 years old. Probably 1200 gallons.Light fish load. We have several of the original fish & have lost 2 or 3 over winters & 1 now & then. But we've lost 3 in the last couple weeks. My fav was dead today. Had water tested yesterday. They said everything was good. Rather high PH,but not enough to klll fish. Today I had it tested at another place. Same story. So I had water tested at a 3rd fish store & Nitrates,Nitrites & amonia is good.Hardness is at 425. PH a whopping 9.4 & he said get fish out & change all water! Also he said put in a cup salt per 100 gallons We have a lot of plants & they look scorched on edges. For the first time we have pea soup watr that won't clear with Micro-lift. Micro lift is the only different thing we've added this year. Any ideas as to what we should do? Iris. |
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We've had plenty of big rains,but there's nothing been washed in the
pond. No spraying of herbicides or pesticides.We have well water.There's green stuff that looks kind of like jello stuck to the sides at the top of liner. Stuff doesn't smell. I thought it is accumulation of the different knd of algae. Never had this stuff other years.. Water coming through water softener tests high but not off the chart on my test kit.,around 7.2 or just over. Iris Mickey wrote: First of all I would not do a 100% water change it will kill the fish most likely. If your well or tap water has a lower pH I would start doing 10% water changes every few days to lower the pH.Have you fertilized the lawn lately? Had any big rains which might have washed fertilizer into the pond? |
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First of all I would not do a 100% water change it will kill the fish
most likely. If your well or tap water has a lower pH I would start doing 10% water changes every few days to lower the pH.Have you fertilized the lawn lately? Had any big rains which might have washed fertilizer into the pond? "Iris" wrote in message ... I need some help! Pond is 5 years old. Probably 1200 gallons.Light fish load. We have several of the original fish & have lost 2 or 3 over winters & 1 now & then. But we've lost 3 in the last couple weeks. My fav was dead today. Had water tested yesterday. They said everything was good. Rather high PH,but not enough to klll fish. Today I had it tested at another place. Same story. So I had water tested at a 3rd fish store & Nitrates,Nitrites & amonia is good.Hardness is at 425. PH a whopping 9.4 & he said get fish out & change all water! Also he said put in a cup salt per 100 gallons We have a lot of plants & they look scorched on edges. For the first time we have pea soup watr that won't clear with Micro-lift. Micro lift is the only different thing we've added this year. Any ideas as to what we should do? Iris. |
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High PH-Hal
YOu could use AlgaeFix to destroy your "pea soup" algae, and/or you
could use Crystal Clear PH Salt Down to lower your PH. Both products can be found wholesale to the public at www.backyard-lifestyle.com I hope you find this useful, Norman On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:58:37 -0500, (Iris) wrote: We are at a loss to figure out why the PH spiked. Nothing new added.our water is naturally high to begin with. We are in an area where there are pockets of water too high for fish. ,according to guy at store. He said he wesn't aware that in our actual area this existed,but there's always the possibility it could happen.We cleaned bottom thoroughly in the spring. No rocks or sand in the bottom.Only different thing is that awful "pea soup" algae. Never had this kind of algae before. Kind that disintegrates when you try to dip it out! Question: What is the K H supposed to be? I don't see that test on the paper I got from store..Hardness is 425. Was unable to do more than partial change this AM before rainstorm hit.Guy did say yesterday that water was too high to use buffer.That's why he advised total change.I think he knows his fish "stuff" but deals more with aquariums I think. Iris |
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YOu could use AlgaeFix to destroy your "pea soup" algae, and/or you
could use Crystal Clear PH Salt Down to lower your PH. Both products can be found wholesale to the public at www.backyard-lifestyle.com I hope you find this useful, Norman On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:58:37 -0500, (Iris) wrote: We are at a loss to figure out why the PH spiked. Nothing new added.our water is naturally high to begin with. We are in an area where there are pockets of water too high for fish. ,according to guy at store. He said he wesn't aware that in our actual area this existed,but there's always the possibility it could happen.We cleaned bottom thoroughly in the spring. No rocks or sand in the bottom.Only different thing is that awful "pea soup" algae. Never had this kind of algae before. Kind that disintegrates when you try to dip it out! Question: What is the K H supposed to be? I don't see that test on the paper I got from store..Hardness is 425. Was unable to do more than partial change this AM before rainstorm hit.Guy did say yesterday that water was too high to use buffer.That's why he advised total change.I think he knows his fish "stuff" but deals more with aquariums I think. Iris |
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