LOW PH _ help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

Oops, PH in the OP's pond is
between 6.0 and 6.3 and comes
from well water.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

Robin, I looked at your pics, and I would suggest you put in more plants. I
have found the more plants you have, the less problems you have with alage and
green water. Since you just started your pond it will go through cycles. As
for how long it will take, each pond is different so the time varies. When its
doing this, you have to keep telling yourself that green is a pretty color.
LOL
Jan
"Our Pond" Page
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

Robin, I looked at your pics, and I would suggest you put in more plants. I
have found the more plants you have, the less problems you have with alage and
green water. Since you just started your pond it will go through cycles. As
for how long it will take, each pond is different so the time varies. When its
doing this, you have to keep telling yourself that green is a pretty color.
LOL
Jan
"Our Pond" Page
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

Robin,

Many wells send up low pH water, but as soon as it has had a chance to gas
off the excess carbon dioxide, the pH will pop up, sometimes quite high. If
yours is staying that low, I would get a KH Carbonate hardness test kit and
check the carbonates and bicarbonates. These are the pH stabilizers that
keep the pH from jumping all over the place, being very low in the morning
and high in the afternoon. These swings are hard on the fish, causing
stress that can lead to disease. You could also experience a pH crash where
the pH drops so low that it burns the fish and causes a fish kill. Look at
the stability of the pH morning and afternoon.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Robin" wrote in message
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There were quite a few tadpoles until then LOL. The pond
started turning pretty green about a week ago. The ph runs
about 6.0-6.3. I have well water and do not have to
de-chlorinate.

TIA for any advice,
Robin

http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami
You can see a few shots of my pond here.

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

Robin,

Many wells send up low pH water, but as soon as it has had a chance to gas
off the excess carbon dioxide, the pH will pop up, sometimes quite high. If
yours is staying that low, I would get a KH Carbonate hardness test kit and
check the carbonates and bicarbonates. These are the pH stabilizers that
keep the pH from jumping all over the place, being very low in the morning
and high in the afternoon. These swings are hard on the fish, causing
stress that can lead to disease. You could also experience a pH crash where
the pH drops so low that it burns the fish and causes a fish kill. Look at
the stability of the pH morning and afternoon.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Robin" wrote in message
news:G8mMc.174112$XM6.135587@attbi_s53...
There were quite a few tadpoles until then LOL. The pond
started turning pretty green about a week ago. The ph runs
about 6.0-6.3. I have well water and do not have to
de-chlorinate.

TIA for any advice,
Robin

http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami
You can see a few shots of my pond here.

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

"Robin" wrote in message
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Sorry to horn in on your thread Brendan, but I have a new
pond as well, and have similar questions.



Thanks for all of the replies and advice. I can see already
that this is going to be one of those addictive hobbies. I
have a liner that I didn't use in construction so I'm
already contemplating ways to go bigger, LOL.

I'm liking the veggie filter ideas I have seen, so I've
decided to move my waterfall form up a foot or so and make a
filter out of it. I will coil up my excess hose in the
bottom, because I do think that cools my water a few
degrees. I was thinking about clamping the end of the hose
and putting some medium sized holes in the length of it to
make it "percolate" up through the filter. The water goes
through a mechanical filter first, so plugging up shouldn't
be a big problem if I make the holes a littler larger?
I'll put a wire mesh over the hose coil and bend it up on
one end to cover the spillway. I'll put a layer of gravel
over that and my plants on top of that. I'll run the
spillway down over some rocks into the pond. Does this
sound like a working design?

Thanks for the PH warning, what are the best ways to
increase and level the PH. Also we have alot of summer rain
here. 16 inches in June. How does this affect the water
and ph levels?

I've had my shubunkin almost a week (2 of them about 4
inches) I haven't fed them. There were a bunch of tadpoles
in the pond when I put the fish in, and they have eaten
them. I live less than a mile from a bay and have seen alot
of wildlife migrate to my pond, even small brown crabs. I'm
sure with all of the toads I see and hear around the pond,
eggs are being laid on a regular basis. I have also seen
them eating off of the plants. Will my fish be able to get
enough to eat from the life in the pond, or do I need to use
fish food as well?

Robin
http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami

help needed please - just inherited a koi pond
 

I can see already
that this is going to be one of those addictive hobbies.

Robin, When I read this, I really had to laugh because, yes, ponding is a very
addictive hobby. And no matter what your pond looks like, once its in, there
will always be something that you see that you just have to work in somewhere.
LOL
Jan
"Our Pond" Page
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html