HOW TO Test Pond Water | PH - Ammonia - Nitrite - Nitrate
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2019
- THE BEST TEST FOR POND WATER is the API Liquid Master Test Kit in my professional opinion.
The API Liquid Master Test Kit gives clear readings that are simple to perform, accurate, and widely accepted by professionals nation wide.
How to Test Koi Pond Water
Koi ponds are beautiful and relaxing features that can enhance any garden or backyard. However, they also require regular maintenance and monitoring to ensure the health and well-being of the fish and plants. One of the most important aspects of koi pond care is testing the water quality, which can affect the pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters that are vital for the koi’s survival and growth.
In this blog, I will explain why testing koi pond water is necessary, how often to test it, what tools and methods to use, and what to do if the test results are not optimal.
Why Test Koi Pond Water?
Testing koi pond water is essential for several reasons:
It helps you detect and prevent potential problems before they become serious and harm your fish and plants. For example, high levels of ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate can cause stress, disease, or even death to your koi, while low levels of dissolved oxygen can suffocate them. Testing the water regularly can help you identify these issues and take corrective actions in time.
It helps you maintain a stable and balanced environment for your koi and plants. Koi ponds are dynamic and complex ecosystems that are influenced by various factors, such as fish waste, food, organic matter, sunlight, temperature, rainfall, evaporation, and more. These factors can alter the water chemistry and affect the pH, alkalinity, hardness, and other parameters that are important for the koi’s health and growth. Testing the water regularly can help you monitor these changes and adjust them accordingly.
It helps you optimize the performance and efficiency of your filtration system. Your filtration system is designed to remove harmful substances and pollutants from your pond water, such as ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and more. However, your filtration system can also become clogged, overloaded, or malfunctioning over time, which can reduce its effectiveness and increase the risk of water quality problems. Testing the water regularly can help you evaluate the condition and function of your filtration system and determine if it needs cleaning, maintenance, or replacement.
How Often to Test Koi Pond Water?
The frequency of testing koi pond water depends on several factors, such as the size, age, and maturity of your pond, the number and size of your fish and plants, the type and quality of your filtration system, the season and weather conditions, and more. However, as a general rule of thumb, you should test your koi pond water at least once a week and after any significant event that may affect the water quality, such as:
Adding new fish or plants to your pond
Changing or topping up the water in your pond
Feeding your fish more or less than usual
Applying any chemicals or treatments to your pond
Experiencing heavy storms, floods, droughts, or temperature fluctuations
What Tools and Methods to Use?
There are different tools and methods available for testing koi pond water, ranging from basic to comprehensive kits. The most common and reliable ones are: Liquid, Strips, and Digital. We are focusing on liquid in this video.
Liquid test kits: These kits use liquid reagents that react with the water sample and change color according to the concentration of the parameter being tested. You then compare the color of the sample with a color chart to get the reading. Liquid test kits are accurate, easy to use, and affordable. They can test for various parameters, such as pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, hardness, and more. One of the best liquid test kits for koi ponds is the Pond Care Master Test Kit by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, amzn.to/3TjG8tX which can test for pH, ammonia, nitrite, and phosphate.
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Brilliant I live in England and I am blind this test kit sounds an easy one for me to use, great video too
Great video Carl! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching. It's lengthy, but informative.
Thank you so much for these video and I am truly grateful that I found team aquascape my ponds and especially my fishes are doing excellent! And yes I do checked my water once a week with these types off tests kit.
I will let Ed Beaulieu and Greg Wittstock know when I see them next month. :)
Im so glad you found my channel.
-Carl
Thank you so much sir for doing this info video, we definitely do go to the local coffee shop where ever we go, you are totally right about to get the right information from the locals, about places to eat and visit.
Thanks for watching. :)
Ive been wanting to make this video for some time. :)
Great info. Thanks for this explanation.
My pleasure.
Thanks for the information keep it up!
Just uploaded a new 2 part how to video series. Check it out!
Great video. Super informative and well presented info!
Thank you I try..... :)
What do I need to maintain my pond. It’s 3 plastic (3”x4”)’s..in a row with one center that could be overflowed to center from ponds on the side. What would be a good pump type,placement..source of beneficial bacteria..on the budget side, just about everything with my setup and too be successful the 1st time.
Where are you located?
North Carolina
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Scales n tails is such a popular name of a pet store we have 1 in dirtona aka daytona
I've been there!
I was in Daytona in February
Always read instructions.
What happened to koi if the alkalinity range 8.2
Nothing
Does it matter that your using the aquarium test kit when API do a pond version. Only the pond version doesn't come with a nitrate test for some reason 🤔
No, it doesn't matter. And nitrate is the end of the nitrogen cycle.
@@ColumbiaWaterGardens yeah just weird how they don't put that in the pond test kit. Sorted cheers pal
That’s me! 15:10
Sup dude!!! Awesome meeting you!!! :)
Columbia Water Gardens would you be able to send raw footage via E-Mail?
Hi sir, this is nabraj adhikari from nepal. Actually I cant get fish pond water parameter test kit .... PH, DO, TDS, AMONIA, NITRITE, ALCALITY ETC. , can you help me ?
I've never shipped to Nepal. i don't know if it's possible
Yes, it is possible through courier services.. please really need your help.
you did not explain when to use the high ph or low ph test kits. And why. What would i use for a koi pond and why? You also said not to use your finger to shake. I have used it for 28 years and never have a gotten a wrong reading
I was teaching best practice. Great to learn from you :)
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Thanks.
I really appreciate your videos, however, this video is a little in correct. You are not in a Pond in Florida, you are at a Fresh water natural Spring. Big difference. Second, you stated you were in the Panhandle near the Everglades, those two things are at the opposite ends of the state, just FYI. Okay, back to the video. Wish it was at a real outdoor pond though.
Thanks for noticing that. I was trying to test the quality of the natural water and demonstrate the desired effects of the test. I should have done a better job describing the what and why before the how. 👍
@@ColumbiaWaterGardens no problem. I have an aquascape pond in my yard and nobody ever told me to test my water. They dont even sell a test kit? Just curious if I should be doing it.
Video starts at 4 mins
I'm sorry 😔
Nitrate does not need to be dead zero. Not even close. Regardless of pond or aquarium
Agreed, but we want to aim for zero as nitrate is a fertilizer for algae blooms. Ammonia is the greatest concern in mynopinion.
@@ColumbiaWaterGardens so many other conditions need to happen to promote algae though. I actually prefer to have at least 20-40ppm so that I know my plants are getting enough feeding
We have a difference of opinion, and that's fine because different regions even in the same state can have massive environmental impacts on a ponds health. We can have a pond in the desert perform differently than a pond in the mountains 30 minutes away vs coastal ponds here in California.
I respect what you are saying because you are doing what works for you where you are. You are measuring, testing, analyzing, and making it work for you.
Most pond owners don't know the first thing about water testing. 🙄
Consider the environmental impacts on a grapevine and how soil, sun, humidity, and nutrient make a good wine.
Same with our bodies, same with all life.
Ponds are created ecosystems and they fall under the umbrella of approximate science in my opinion.
Great thread!