Sorry, Sameer . . . you worked hard to fool proof the pond, but Murphy's Law
*will* prevail: things will go wrong when you least expect it or are
prepared to handle it. Oh well - you didn't need an excuse for home cooking
now, did you? G

Lee
"FBCS" wrote in message
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Aw, I know this is disappointing. You put a lot of work into this
project,
get to know the wetones and wham. Well you can replace the fish but not
the
parents or can you? LOL. I'm sure they tried to do all they knew to do.
Even
though I trust my husband with my life I don't know if I would trust with
the upkeep of my fish. Joann
"Snooze" wrote in message
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So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how
my
parents manage to do this.

I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle
tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school.
All
my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other
day, seems like a simple task right?

The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they
were
unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone,
on
how to add more water and dechlor it.

The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some
minor
maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition.

The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself
overnight. Right!

Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was
anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the
drum
and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been
drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead.

Arrrrgh!

Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for
winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry

Sameer

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