You can apply it anytime of the year. When the Alum creates the floc process, you will know it! It looks like clouds and mountains are forming in your water. You really can't add too much Alum/H Lime mixture. Both products can kill fish from causing a drastic PH change, but when used together, they cancel the other out, there is little to no PH change.

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