Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Checklist for the new pond

Made it out to the pond today and wanted to double check our results from water testing. We used an API kit (not strips) that came in via the Amazon today.

KH (cabonate hardness) 5dKH = 89.5ppm
GH (magnesium / calcium) 9dGH = 161ppm
PH tested at 7.0 or 7.2

Should I expect these values to change as the pond clears up? Like the stained water making it a little tougher to read the results.

Currently looks to me like no changes are needed and we'll monitor a little more as the pond fills. Come spring with the add of fish, AG Lime would be an option to try to bump both KH and PH or would be do this before the addition of fish to the pond? We should be looking for a KH of < 150 and a PH of < 8 correct?


Thanks,