Hi guys, it has been a while since I've been on the forum.....
My pond had a stable PH of 7.6 for the past two years. When I built the pond, I had done my research, and built the pond breach height equal to the level of my home's floor. On March 12 of this year, we received 19" of rain in 4 hours. As our neighborhood, some 40 years old, has never had flood problems in its history, this was the first. With the water being 6" deep in my house, needless to say, my pond was underwater 6".
The pond was immediately cleaned, but there remains that powder like silt that is slowing making its way out. My PH keeps reading at 8.2-8.4and I can not figure out why. I have done water changes several times a week since the flood and my tap water is relatively stable at 7.4. We have also had quite a bit of rain as well. Is it the silt that is causing the PH to stay so high?
KoiKisses