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    Ph in pond

    So I just tested my water ammonia 0.25 nitrite 0 but tested the ph and this is reading 6 what can I use to raise my ph level first time it's been low always been around 7.5 that's what tap water is thanks in advance for any help



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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitey79 View Post
    So I just tested my water ammonia 0.25 nitrite 0 but tested the ph and this is reading 6 what can I use to raise my ph level first time it's been low always been around 7.5 that's what tap water is thanks in advance for any help
    PH is an indicator of conditions in the pond.
    not something you alter.
    but 6 is acidic and in danger of causing a ph crash.

    test your KH immediately.
    wants to be minimum 2 preferably over 4
    use sodium bicarbonate to raise it, maximum 30g per 1000 litres per day.

    Alkalinity

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    Thanks dave I haven't got a kh test kit but I will go and get one now from pets at home thanks

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    For me and a few others the kh test is probably the most important test kit which is strange when the api pond master don't have it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    For me and a few others the kh test is probably the most important test kit which is strange when the api pond master don't have it

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    totally...

    i bought the API freshwater kit as it has a better range including nitrate

    but if you're going to do a basic pond test kit...
    Kit 1 starter
    1 ammonia
    2 nitrite
    3 K/H
    4 ph range 7 to 8.5


    Kit 2 additional tests.
    5 Ammonia low range 0.0ppm to 0.25ppm (i wish)
    6 nitrate
    7 total chlorine (most starters may use dechlorinator so not strictly needed) but wants to be DPD4 anyway
    8 phosphate


    why do API put the GH and KH kits together...?
    GH is virtually irrelevant...tested once on tap water... never used it again...
    Last edited by davethefish1; 22-11-2021 at 08:27 PM.

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    So I've just been and got an api 5 in 1 test strip kit and I have as follows
    Gh 60
    Kh 40
    Ph 6.5

    So going of this do I need to bicarb the pond thanks

    Ajm I have the api freshwater testing kit no kh in it but 2 ph tests

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    totally...

    i bought the API freshwater kit as it has a better range including nitrate

    but if you're going to do a basic pond test kit...
    Kit 1 starter
    1 ammonia
    2 nitrite
    3 K/H
    4 ph range 7 to 8.5


    Kit 2 additional tests.
    5 Ammonia low range 0.0ppm to 0.25ppm (i wish)
    6 nitrate
    7 total chlorine (most starters may use dechlorinator so not strictly needed) but wants to be DPD4 anyway
    8 phosphate


    why do API put the GH and KH kits together...?
    GH is virtually irrelevant...tested once on tap water... never used it again...
    Give it a nice case mate and I'll buy it off ya lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitey79 View Post
    So I've just been and got an api 5 in 1 test strip kit and I have as follows
    Gh 60
    Kh 40
    Ph 6.5

    So going of this do I need to bicarb the pond thanks

    Ajm I have the api freshwater testing kit no kh in it but 2 ph tests
    strip test kits are a bit notoriously inaccurate,
    what doesn't add up to me is the 6.5 ph and a KH of 4
    i'm sure that might be impossible....

    i don't like the api freshwater high and low range tests, they're not really suitable for a pond.
    because a pond will sit at the high end of low range, and low end of high range....
    but use both and see what each one says...

    at KH 2 on my old pond my ph never dropped below 7.2 (measured with a calibrated digital ph controller)
    and at KH 6 currently my ph is 7.7

    i'd say one of the tests is out....
    but it wouldn't hurt to put one dose of sodium bicarbonate 30g/1000 litres in just incase your ph is low....
    Last edited by davethefish1; 22-11-2021 at 09:04 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Give it a nice case mate and I'll buy it off ya lol

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    i'll get 2...
    i'll have one too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitey79 View Post
    So I've just been and got an api 5 in 1 test strip kit and I have as follows
    Gh 60
    Kh 40
    Ph 6.5

    So going of this do I need to bicarb the pond thanks

    Ajm I have the api freshwater testing kit no kh in it but 2 ph tests
    Those strips are hopleas mind mate

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    So pond volume for me dave is 3100 gallon converted to litres is just over 14000 so I need to add 420grm of bicarb and we are talking cooking bicarbonate of soda thanks

    Any suggestions for a stand alone kh test kit thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Those strips are hopleas mind mate

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    Now I know waste of 18 quid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitey79 View Post
    So pond volume for me dave is 3100 gallon converted to litres is just over 14000 so I need to add 420grm of bicarb and we are talking cooking bicarbonate of soda thanks

    Any suggestions for a stand alone kh test kit thanks
    Sounds about right for 14,000 litres
    Yes food grade sodium bicarbonate.
    You can get it in 5kg to 25kg buckets and sacks on amazon.
    TATA is one known bulk brand or hexeal chemicals.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hexeal-SODI...a-840645212535

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    I've always used these . Intralab on ebay

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SODIUM-BI...-127635-2958-0

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    Just been to tescore got a kilo of food bicarb for 3 quid so I assume I mix it in warm water and dissolve it then pour in pond sorry if the questions sound stupid but just want to make sure I do it properly thanks

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    Personally I just throw mine in near the returns same with my clay and St. Not saying its right or wrong just what I do

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    Just diluted it in pond water then poured it in bit byou bit

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    That's fine the way you have done it mate,
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192437536...8AAOSwSCRdLyq4
    These are a good test kit as you get every test you need,shop around you may get the same cheaper.
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    Yes dissolve it in warm water and pour in several places. You dont want one of your fish swimming through a cloud of high concentration bicarb, it would massively irritate their gills.

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    Pour it in your bio chamber I do this just trickle it in slow rightly or wrongly I dissolve in pond water and it’s always worked for me


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