Well I bought some pool test strips that can measure total alkalinity.

They were a bust they have a range from zero alkalinity or 40 ppm on the two lowest scales. Mine looked to be closest to the zero color.


One acre pond built in 2007.

Stocked:
Mar 2010 500 BG and 250 Shellcrackers
Mar 2011 25 LMB and one bag of FHM