Hi Lori,
I know I'm gonna sound a bit flippant, but so many people here are always
demanding that Ingrid shows proof. That I just have to ask regarding your
comment:
Lori wrote:
Do you have documentation to back up that statement? Just curious,
since ducks, geese and other birds poop in all types of water bodies
that contain aquatic creatures, with no evidence of harm to the water
creatures.
Where is your evidence of no harm? I think if you do a little researching
you will find that a lot of fish die from the crap of other aquatics.
Recently a study was done on our local Yakima river on what was the biggest
contributor to it being so polluted. Everyone felt for sure it would be cow
crap, or farmer's fertilizer or at least something man made. The highest
problem, duck and geese crap.
I'm always quite surprised by the ignorance that people believe our lakes &
rivers are "clean & healthy". I guess they must not see the headlines of
"Large Fish Kill" due to low O2 caused by high algae cause by high goose
poo levels. So much for proof of evidence... read the wildlife pages.
Now regarding rainwater, sure it's clean when it leaves the clouds and then
it gathers anything and everything on it's way down. Rain is the air's
filtration system, rain is acidic or at best pH neutral, it has no buffer,
thus can throw off your pH balance in your pond if large enough amounts
enter at one time. Keep the baking soda and test kits handy. A water
change isn't a water change unless old water is removed. ~ jan
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 05:22:15 GMT,
wrote:
any relationship between large bodies of water and our ponds is imaginary. large
bodies of water have water flowing in and water flowing out and flushing the system.
The number of gallons per fish is a great deal higher so the concentration of the
parasites is a great deal lower. Despite that, fish are dying from disease all the
time in large bodies of water. A large part of natural selection is having the
immune system that can withstand parasites, bacteria and viruses.
Try Noga, he gives the source of infections that hit all kinds of fish. Ingrid
Lori wrote:
Do you have documentation to back up that statement? Just curious,
since ducks, geese and other birds poop in all types of water bodies
that contain aquatic creatures, with no evidence of harm to the water
creatures.
See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/
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