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Interesting question Jimmy (which of course means that I have absolutely no answer), bump to the top for ya.
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jimmydee let me make two suggestions. Have your soil tested in your watershed and pond bottom , if different. This will provide you advice based on your dirt and a baseline to work from. Mo. ---- Soil Testing Lab 23 Mumford Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 (314) 882-0623 Contact your local extension agent or the lab listed above for soil collection materials. You can mail samples directly to the lab or to your local extension agent, but all results and recommendations will be sent to the agent, who makes recommendations and forwards the bundle to you. Go to this link and read SARC 464. Don't worry about the complexity but it will give you a good info base. The second link below is to a very good pond water quality article by Aqua-NIc http://srac.tamu.edu/index.cfm?catid=25SRAC 464 Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and Hardness in Fish Ponds http://aquanic.org/publicat/state/il-in/as-503.htmWhat do you want to put in the pond ? Most pond fish will do fine in 60 alkalinity water. Can you check the pH early in the am ?
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Thanks guys: Checked the Ph at 8:30 this am and it was in the 7.9-8.2 range, (compared to over 9 at 3:00pm two days ago), so it is truly a moving target. My alkalinity was right at 60ppm, exactly where it was during the test two days ago. I think I'll keep monitoring it daily at different times of the day, and if this Ph thing seems to fluctuate in the 7.5-9.0 range, I'm not going to "fix" it. To answer the stocking question: I'll be putting in about 200 BG, about 150 RE, and about 10 lb of FH (300 per lb). Next June I'll add 50 LMB as 1-3" fingerlings after the BG and RE have spawned. Sound OK???? Guys, have a great week end. Jimmydee
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Those fish will do fine in 60 alkalinity and 8 pH.
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