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Message: [QUOTE="Waterbug, post: 112320, member: 2322"] Seemed fair and accurate to me. Thinking myself the perfect human being evaporated a long time ago and my actions since have only confirmed that view. In 7.5 years I've made 13 posts on Koipen, but read thousands (literally). Pretty much everything I know about ponds I learned there. They don't really get water gardens, so it's not a perfect source for me. Much of the info does have to be tweaked to fit the needs of water gardens, but the basic science and debate is excellent. If you could in the future please post the actual value instead of "unchanged". I lose track. Bingo. Right. And this goes back to the test kit issue...I limit amounts to set levels, like 2.5 lb of Epsom per 2500 gal. If GH still tested low I'd start looking for backup tests, like a new kit, read the direction more closely, see if pH or temperature is affecting the test, send out a sample, etc. These chemicals do increase the salt level, although not much. So a bit of prudence is called for. There is a lot of room though. For example a person would have to add enough baking soda to push KH to 10,000 ppm before salt was high enough to kill fish. Just as testing is used to verify the amounts of chemical added the amounts of chemicals added should also verify the testing. [/QUOTE]