Pond Fountain Info

If you have municipal water you most certainly have one or the other. Both are used to kill any bacteria in the water. Call your water agency to find out. The only real difference for our purpose is that chlorine evaporates faster than does chloramine. Both need to be treated with a chlorine remover before fish are put in the water and when there is a water change. If you use a garden hose to rinse the sand in your filter, you will kill the bacteria and need to start anew

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# posted by Jim Wilder @ 9:25 AM 0 comments

There are easy to use chemicals to adjust pH up or down. Most pet stores will have something. Be sure to adjust the pH by no more than .01 up or down on any one day. The pH change is not bad for fish but a rapid change may put stress on them.

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# posted by Jim Wilder @ 9:26 AM 0 comments

Two common ways of testing pH are strips and digital meters. The strips are cheap but I find them fairly inaccurate. The digital testers get calibrated occasionally with laboratory quality water of a know pH. If you have water that has high of low pH in might be worth the cost of a digital tester to insure the expensive bacteria you put in the pond had a chance to work.

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# posted by Jim Wilder @ 9:34 AM 0 comments

It is very important for the pH (acidity) to be between 6.5 & 8.2. If it is not the bacteria will die or just not thrive. It is essential that the pH be in this range. There are products to raise or lower the pH of pond water. Be careful to change the pH 0.2 at a time. A rapid change of pH is bad for the fish.

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# posted by Jim Wilder @ 9:29 AM 0 comments

The acidity of water (or most chemicals) is where it places on the pH scale- like degrees for temperature. A pH of 7.0 is neutral- that is it is neither acidic nor alkaline. A pH of 10 is very alkaline (basic) such as baking soda. On the other hand, a pH of 4.0 is very acidic (also called basic) such as vinegar.

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# posted by Jim Wilder @ 9:33 AM 0 comments