jammer wrote I "suppose" I am going to
have to test for amonia spike....

An ammonia spike is actually any ammonia at all.
The pond water should register zero ammonia.
The problem is when you add a bunch of critters to an environment (like toads
spawning) the plants and filter can't process that much sudden ammonia all at
once.
I would not have put the fish in the toads, no reason to. Considering that we
recommend 20 gallons per goldfish you can see where the fish would overburdened
the load the temporary pond was supposed to carry. Did you fill up the pool
with pond water? A sudden change of temperature can be a problem also.
Do you think you might have added too much food?
If you put in too much rotting plant matter it would have used oxygen while it
decomposed.
More details and we can track down the answer or answers.



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