Re: [gardeners] OT (sort of) Carbonate Hardness in water?
David G Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:43:26 -0400
I think 8.0 is probably OK for goldfish. They're going to tend to bring it
down anyway.
I used to have goldfish (in a tank, not a pond) and found a lot of useful
information on an e-mail list, you can find it here:
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
Some of the people on the list have very expensive show fish, but the care
is the same. There's a lot of good information on the website, too.
David
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From: Terry King <taeking@endlesshealth.com>
To: Gardens & Gardening <GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU>; Gardeners
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Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: [gardeners] OT (sort of) Carbonate Hardness in water?
> Is anyone on the list familiar with the implications of KH (carbonate
> hardness) of water? Last week I decided to setup a whiskey barrel pond
and
> include some goldfish. I have the fish in an aquarium until the pond is
> ready. I've been having a h*** of a time balancing the pH. I've finally
> figured out that the problem is the carbonate hardness of our water. The
KH
> is so high (9 dKH or 161.1 ppm) that pH wants to stay around 8.0 and I
want
> it to be 7.0 (which it is, right out of the tap but becomes more alkaline
as
> it loses CO2) Even adding a 7.0 buffer is not helping much. Does anyone
> know of any tricks besides using deionized water?
>
> Now, I'm also wondering about the implications of carbonate hardness on my
> garden soil and plants? It might explain a few things.
>
> Terry (off to boil some water for a partial aquarium water change
wondering
> how my simple whisky barrel pond became so complicated :-/)
> E. WA. zone 4