some pH question??

[dinh]

Quote: Originally Posted by nguyen4 hi Dinh thank you to correct my english, i means amercian koi bloodlines? i didn't means japan bloodlines good or bad i just wonderful why american don't have anythings by american ways? by the way "headquater" in Japan so what?

I did not mean to correct your English....;-)) This is a Koi forum, not an English forum.... Many members here are living around the world. Many American breeders went to Japan to learn about Nishikigoi, Japanese's way of breeding, culling etc.. So, I hope you got my point;-))

[aquitori]

Most can speak english and most cant...
Most can speak koi lingo and most cant...

What matters is that you understand this hobby you are in and can communicate amongst others...

Anyways, back to PH...

[dinh]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Most can speak english and most cant... Most can speak koi lingo and most cant... What matters is that you understand this hobby you are in and can communicate amongst others... Anyways, back to PH...

My posts have nothing to do with typo, spelling, writing or speaking Tonio.

[PapaBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by nguyen4 i did see some beatiful koi from Japan( thru internet, dealer anh mag) but all of them is "made in Japaaaaan" Did we breed any koi or have anything by ours yet?

There are some American Koi Breeders who are doing very good work and developing their own distinct bloodlines, but it is still true that the birthplace of Nishikigoi is Japan, and they have many generations of experience to do it well.
That does not mean that American bred Koi are not excellent because many are, but in Japan Koi is a part of the culture and there are far more breeders there with a strong background than here.

[karipeters]

Hi, Nguyen!

About pH...I mean this with good intentions. I think your pH & koi would do much better if you cut your fish volumne by at least half ...hard to do, I know, but like the other folks mentioned the pH will be affected by the amount of ammonia that the fish are putting out and it is hard for the CaC03 (carbonates) to keep up! There is a lot to do to keep koi healthy, and keeping less fish will help the health of the fish and the pond!

[Steve Nguyen]

correct me if I am wrong Lithaqua is used for bringing pH down to desirable reading of low 7.xx which doesn't help in this case since s/he needs pH up, not down. just want to point that out so people don't get confused.

Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by PapaBear I'm with Russell. You have plenty of Koi in 1500 gallons of water so your filter will consume carbonates trying to keep up. Your ph will drop as a result. I use Lithaqua in my filtration to keep things stable, and I seem to recall getting it from a fella not to far from you... Seems like his name was Russell Peters

[Steve Nguyen]

what's your filtering system look like? how much load can it handle?

Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by nguyen4 hello everybody, my name Nguyen ( new with koi hobby) i has a pond with 1500 gallonand 10 fish 5 over 16" and 5 under 12" my question is why my pH kept go down after 2 or 3 days i did change a water 10/100 or 20/100. it stay 7.2 and go down to 6.6 , 6.4 onetime it down to 5.8 i did add pH up in but it still go down after 4 day salt .05 nh3 is ok anybody have any ildea??? thank you

[karipeters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen correct me if I am wrong Lithaqua is used for bringing pH down to desirable reading of low 7.xx which doesn't help in this case since s/he needs pH up, not down. just want to point that out so people don't get confused. Steve

Actually, Steve...
Lithaqua is pure CaCO3, that desolves very slowly when the nitrosomonas (sp??) bacteria excrete carbonic acid (that lowers pH) after consuming the lovely ammonia that our Koi expell mostly through respiration. This product buffers the H20 and when used at the correct quantity keeps the carbonate level stable and high enough to keep nitrifying bacteria count high, and the pH level neutral. I have a spec sheet on it somewhere...I''ll look for it

[nguyen4]

I"m back after a test like Mike said: my water system ( at home sytem) is 8.4 and nothing wrong with that. My solution with water is i just put in a "homemade" votex and it start slow down pH now it stay at 6.9 i hope it with ok after all. Dinh sorry to make your feel bad that way, i didn't mean it, i know American breeder still have a long way to go on that road i hope some day we will have some bloodline or some kois for our hobby way( American way) i knew you are, iam and everybody love japan bloodlines because it have a specical color, body and..... but i think beside go to dealers to looking a new fishs from japan(hope to get a tategoi wth a good deal) i still like to see what we can do to make koi hobby at here( our home) have a different windows to enjoys ( i don't know how to explaint) anyway i hope someones understand what i mean.

[PapaBear]

Kari's explanation on the Lithaqua is exactly what I was going to say. I've got several bags of it supplementing our main pond filtration and our fry tank is filtered with a TT full of Lithaqua. Even with the record breaking rainfall we've had this year (over double the norm) we have had zero ph issues and the over crowded, heavily fed fry tank is rock solid.