[Birdman]

About a month ago we started getting our usual bright sunny days. And I got one heck of an alge bloom. I don't have a UV, and just I cant afford one right now.

I test my water every Sunday morning and two weeks ago notinced my PH was clear up to 9.2, at 5 AM. As the day progressed it got up to 10.

My well water is always 8.2 PH, 72 KH and 72 GH. Never changes.

I started adding baking soda to raise the KH and started adding calcium carbornate to raise the GH. I was following the article in KOI USA by Roddy Conrad. I also started adding muratic acid to hold the PH at 9 all day.

After a week of adding stuff, at 6 AM today my KH was 150, my GH was 160, numbers I was very pleased with. But my PH was still at 9.2.

So I decided to treat for PH more aggressivly, to try and get it down in the 8s. I have been taking a PK reading every half hour and adding muratic acid as needed to keep the PH from climbing. At 4 PM my PH was down to 8.8 but now my KH is all shot to hell again, from 150 down to 115. So the muratic acid must wipe out the HK I guess.

What am I suposed to do, maitain the KH and let the PH stay in the high 9s? Drop the PH and ignore the KH? Or Keep adding baking sida and muratic acid both until the fish are swimming in a slurry? Or what.

YES, as you can tell I am pretty discouraged, and all thoes other un printable words, and pretty concerned for my fish.

Any ideas?