quarantine advice
 

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:48:13 -0500, "Ann in Houston"
wrote:


Watch the hardness as rain water can make the water too soft and even acid
depending on where you live (acid rain). Also it has no buffering
capacity. A PH crash can kill all your fish.

What do you do after a heavy rain? Large water changes?

Check your ammonia & KH, if KH is low and ammonia is 0, add baking soda.
~ jan

quarantine advice
 

toss in some dolomitic limestone. get it at the garden store. it is sorta gray with
darker hard flecks in it. whatever you do, do not make one of those plaster of paris
hockey pucks and toss that in. Ingrid

"Ann in Houston" wrote:


Watch the hardness as rain water can make the water too soft and even acid
depending on where you live (acid rain). Also it has no buffering
capacity. A PH crash can kill all your fish.

What do you do after a heavy rain? Large water changes?




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quarantine advice
 

I check the pH and toss in some dolomitic limestone, or, I got some liquid
calcium stuff. I have lake water that isnt very hard at all. if you have
sufficient hardness, rain shouldnt be a problem. my ponds on well water
dont show pH shifts after a rain. Ingrid

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...

Watch the hardness as rain water can make the water too soft and even
acid
depending on where you live (acid rain). Also it has no buffering
capacity. A PH crash can kill all your fish.

What do you do after a heavy rain? Large water changes?