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Old 13-06-2003, 04:56 PM
Cathy
 
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Default Need advice for first-time pond cleaning

Hello,

We have just moved into a house with an existing 300 g pond with fish.

The previous owners left us some info about taking care of the pond,
but I wanted to post the details here to make sure I'm about to do
this correctly. Any other hints or advice would be greatly
appreciated.

1. Fill a big tub with existing pond water. Put fish into this. (I'm
planning to use a big rubbermaid-type tub)
2. Drain the remainder of the pond.
3. Remove bottom rocks and clean.
4. Clean sides and bottom of pond, rinse and drain out dirty water.
5. Put rocks back
6. Fill pond with water.
7. Use appropriate amount of water conditioner (to remove chlorine,
etc)
8. float the tub with the fish in the new water for most of the day
or overnight to get them used to the temp
9. Put fish into new water.
Is that it? I do have a bottle of water conditioner. There is a
waterfall that is a water-trickle so I think we will need to clean the
pump/filter at the same time, and new plants need to be purchased and
put in soon.

If there is anything else that is recommended I would love to hear
about it. I am doing other research and checking out various pond
sites.
TIA,
Cathy