I don't see any debris, except what I cleaned out of the skimmer net.
Where did the hydrogen sulfide come from?
And what purpose does a 10-15% water change serve other than to dilute the
pond water? Not doubting your advice... I'm pumping the pond at this moment.
Just curious about the rationale behind this and, most importantly, how to
prevent this from happing again.

Thanks,
Jacky

"Nedra" wrote in message
thlink.net...
Jacky, a 7% input of water isn't nearly enough. You need to
do a 15 to 20% water change. To do this drop a submersible
pump to the bottom of the pond. Be sure to pump out the
required amount. Add tap water slowly. Add Dechlor to treat the chlorine
....
if you have chloramine then add Amquel.

Also where is the debris?
You shouldn't have any debris collecting anywhere in the pond.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Jackytar" wrote in message
...
I also noticed today that the pump was a little choked up with debris
and
I
was only getting maybe 30% flow. I fixed this which dropped the water
level
about an inch because of the added inflow. The auto filler kicked in
providing maybe 5-7% fresh water to the pond. When the pump gets choked
up
I
do get some muck on my riverbed. I cleaned the filter today (very dirty)
and
will clean it again tomorrow and the next day if necessary. I've learned
one
lesson... clean every week!

Thank you both for your replies. Where is the hydrogen sulfide coming
from?
Rotting debris?

Jacky

"Nedra" wrote in message
thlink.net...
I suggest a clean out of the filter and a 10% to 15% water change.
.. right now!

You should not have a sewer smell in the pond.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

wrote in message
...
somewhere there is hydrogen sulfide escaping, and that could be the
cause
of the dead
of a single fish. they are sucking around rocks or something and
got
a
big gill
full. do you have gravel on the bottom? have you mucked the bottom
out?
It should
not smell like a sewer, not good for the fish. ahhh.. do you have
aeration in there?
Ingrid

"Jackytar" wrote:
My wife and I notice a sewer smell when we get close to the water
in
our
fish pond... as in bend over with our noses just over the water or
when
we
get in there and stir things up. The plants and fish seem healthy,
and
the
water is clear, although we found one dead fish today (out of about
20).
The
pond is about 1000 gallons (my estimate) and 3 yrs old with a
skimmer/pump/filter/auto filler set up. I must admit we haven't
been
adding
the "aquaclear" bacteria powder or cleaning the filter very often
(about
once every 2 weeks). We have an overabundance of water hyacinth
right
now
that we are thinning out.

Thanks,
Jacky