Your like a freaking parrot, having to repeat everyting that has
already been posted..........On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:28:20 -0600,
"Koi-lo" wrote:

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==="Carl Beyer" wrote in message
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===I sure hope this group is still alive......
===
===# Yes, there are a few non-trolls still here.
===
=== My 500 gallon pond is near a sprinkling control for the house. Last
=== night, around 4 or 5 AM it burst, and ran city water into the pond for
=== about 3 hours at least.
===
===# That's not good. The chlorine is very harmful to gill filaments.
===
=== We caught it, but my mosquito fish are all dead. The big Koi and
=== Chubunkin fish have been "breathing hard" since. I immediatly turned on
=== a water fall to aerate. But 4 hours afterward and I still have heavy
=== breathing fish.
===
===# USE A DECHLORINATOR!!!!!
===
=== I took a sample of water to the LFS and it tested fine, but I was told
=== to apply some water conditioner.
===
=== The LFS owner thinks I may have clorine poisoning, and that it is just
=== inevitable that the fish will all die within a few days...
===
===# Plenty or aeration and a dechlorinator may save them. Give it all a try.
===
=== From the line break to the pond is about 1 foot, over dirt that does not
=== get any poisons or fertilizer so I am pessimistic this is an issue. I
=== am a bit surprised about the Clorine, although it is raining in LA, as
=== the water was gushing out of a pipe and hitting oxygen before the pond...
===
=== Anyone have any suggestions? Hate to loose the kids this way...
===
===# There isn't much you can do besides aerate and use a dechlorinator. Some
===may recover. Good luck!
===
===Reel McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995...
===My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
===http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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