"Peter Smith" wrote in message
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I just cleaned out my 60 gal. kidney shaped pond.
I have about 6, 3 inch comets and 1, 5 inch speckled koi and 1, 4 inch
frog.

A koi in a 60g pond? You do realize healthy koi grow rapidly and can reach
2 1/2 to 3 feet long. One koi needs at least 125 to 150g itself. Healthy
outdoor goldfish can reach almost a foot long and need 20g or more per fish.

I put the the fish and frog in a 20 gal tub, with water from the pond
from over the winter.
Coved it up with mesh. Put a air bubblier hose in.
I scrubbed and drained the muck out. I got the black pond liner nice and
clean.

The stuff on the liner is the necessary bacteria that converts deadly
ammonia and nitrites to nitrates. It's not a good idea to remove it.

I put 40 gals. of fresh, new water in, then added almost the rest of the
water from the tub back in.
I added pond-zime to the dose, in. I added 16oz. of aquarium salt and
stress coat to the dose.
I cleaned the 1000 gal.ph fishmate box filter out and hooked up to the
90 gal.ph beckett pump.
I pulled the plant pot, that's starting to sprout from the bottom and
put it on the first level.
I netted the fish and frog back in.
The water is a little cloudy, but it looks fine.

Please use an ammonia and nitrite kit to make sure they don't surge and kill
all your fish.

I live in mid PA, so the water is around 52 degrees. No feeding till it
gets up around 55-60 at night.

I start feeding mine when the water gets over 50 F or so.

So, How do you think I did?

This is the 2nd year for the pond.
Thank's
Waiting to hear from you all. : )
Pete

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