Re: PH Levels too acidic in my pond
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After partial water change, dosing my pond with ph adjuster and salt the PH level went up to 7 from 5 but am concerned that another heavy downpour may have reversed this. I've added biostart to both filters and the pond itself,
An acquaintance is having similar problems with his much larger pond, but he considers run off is his problem. I have only rain coming directly into the pond, but tested it and it is very, very acidic.
I've been advised to add bicarbonate of soda, but would need to be sure before I did, at the same time I'm putting a daily dose of ph adjuster into the pond which is hellishly expensive.
My problems seem to have arisen after installing a bigger pump and a new bigger filter box. If I were to do it again, my thoughts would be to run it alongside other filtration for a few months rather than replacing it.
Any comments advice would be appreciated.