Thread: Pond building questions for buadhai

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

alum

San som in Thai (thanks Thetters).

Available in most markets and is dirt cheap. I now use it in my wash.

I was just looking that up and San Som is Potassiun Alum and not Ammonium Alum so it should be Ok to use it.

thanks guys.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

San som in Thai (thanks Thetters).

Available in most markets and is dirt cheap. I now use it in my wash.

kind of wish i hadn't redded you now, but don't feel that bad about it.
sure I'll be getting plenty back.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I now use it in my wash.

Does it work OK, I have never tried it in the washing machine ?

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Does it work OK, I have never tried it in the washing machine ?

I put too much in to start with, but I now put a very small lump (just chip a bit off) in and let the wash soak for an hour. It works very well. No more smelly pits on my clothes.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

sure I'll be getting plenty back.

Sure you will.

Nice looking pond CMN, I can't wait to see it with some fish. Do you have any ideas about the waterfall. This will be a project for me, when I get there.

How did you manage to get your pond to look so natural?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Dalton

check the pH and you're ready to go

how?

and what am i looking for?

Oh God.....

Originally Posted by tcp

How did you manage to get your pond to look so natural?

another sarcastic bastard.


it's not finished yet is it.

looks like a paddling pool at the moment i know.

we shall decorate with plants and waterfalls and stones and stuff.

Originally Posted by Dalton

Oh God

i dunno, pregnancy test kit?

^ Oh God....

that's the only acid test kit I've ever bought.

haven't studied chemistry in 20 years.

simple answer bastard.
where do i get a ph kit (sure 7-11 doesn't have them ) and what am i looking for when i find one?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

that's the only acid test kit I've ever bought.

haven't studied chemistry in 20 years.

simple answer bastard.
where do i get a ph kit (sure 7-11 doesn't have them ) and what am i looking for when i find one?

I expect to find them at the local fish shops.

Originally Posted by Travelmate

I expect to find them at the local fish shops.

hadn't thought of that.
thanks.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Travelmate

I expect to find them at the local fish shops.

hadn't thought of that.
thanks.

no problem just helping out a fellow TD member.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

looks like a paddling pool at the moment i know.

Should be like an Olympic swimming pool for you then

just walked up to my local shop and they were selling that san som stuff.

bought 5 bags, probably a couple of kilos and chucked it in the pool.

how much is enough?

^
That will be enough

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

just walked up to my local shop and they were selling that san som stuff. bought 5 bags, probably a couple of kilos and chucked it in the pool. how much is enough?

You know, it may be easier and quicker to ask the seller these sort of questions rather than racing back to TD everytime...

This pond building lark is getting technical.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

You know, it may be easier and quicker to ask the seller these sort of questions rather than racing back to TD everytime...

the seller is like this 70 year old woman that thinks i'm going to use it to wash my clothing.

My wife just put a sack of the stuff in our well. She says it'll make it smell nice!
Will we die?

She kept a small lump to use as a deodorant.

I've never come across the stuff before. What does it do?

Originally Posted by Thetyim

That will be enough

thanks thetyim.

how long should I leave it to soak before emptying and refilling?

^^^ in that case just guess,

oh, you did already.

This is what a Ph testing looks like.
You only need the smaller kit