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The following University of Florida paper sets out the basics of adding lime to fish ponds to control pH. Lime may need to be added on a regular basis to counteract the influence of acidic soils. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA028
Regards, John
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The following University of Florida paper sets out the basics of adding lime to fish ponds to
control pH. Lime may need to be added on a regular basis to counteract the influence of acidic
soils.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA028
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA028 However the use of lime may be even more critical after storm
damage if the fish pond dried out due to the walls being breached. This is because some soils can
generate large amounts of acid when exposed to the air.
There was a problem after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that raw acid sulphate soils were exposed to the air for several months and generated large amounts of sulphuric acid.
The Australian ACIAR was very involved in pond rehabilitation after the 2004 tsunami:
https://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/school/staff/sammut/sammut_media3.pdf.
The ACIAR site is at https://www.aciar.gov.au FAO also have some material on aquaculture pond rehabilitation.
Regards, John
