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I dont know crap about alk these numbers so im hoping some of the pond guru's can help me.
I live in the Seattle area and the pond temp is around 65*
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
hardness 300?
Chlorine 2.0
alkalinity 180
ph 7.2
I have 10 koi 4 to 10 inches and 20 plus goldfish.
 
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You want ammonia to be 0. A small amount isn't an emergency though. You may want to consider feeding less, adding a biofilter, or reducing your fish load if you continuly see ammonia. Nitrite should also be 0. Nitrate under 40 is my preference.
 
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12' circle by 3.5' deep in the upper pond plus the river and lower bog.
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Judging simply from the photo that you posted, it would seem to me that you've overstocked the pond somewhat.
 
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12' circle by 3.5' deep in the upper pond plus the river and lower bog.View attachment 75933
That looks great! You have alot of filtration.

You put hardness as the question and I'm not here to critique your pond, does it say kh, or gh for that test?
Kh is alk, but you put it in ppm(hardness). If you alk is good, I wouldn't worry about that.
 
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Thanks you. Im not sure what scale is being used. I put in a question mark because we dont have hard water up here in the seattle area. Thats why im confused.
 

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