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why did my koi die?
We have a 120 gallon outdoor pond which had 3 5" koi and a 6" catfish
in it for the past 2 years. The pond had an auto-refill system straight from tap water which was recently inadvertently turned off. After finding this, I turned the autorefill back on slowly. I figured maybe 25 gallons at most had evaporated before we noticed the problem. To make a long story short, all the fish died within 24 hrs, and I figured it was from too much chlorine shock. I took this opportunity to totally clean the pond, and cleaned out a 1" layer of sludge on the bottom of the pond, and I also decided to get rid of about 70 lbs of small river rock on the bottom. I refilled the pond with tap water, and ran the pond for a week with pumps going. I readded 2 koi, and a goldfish which all died within 2 hours. I must have done something very wrong for them to die so fast. What killed these fish? Should I wait longer than 1 week prior to adding fish? I do have about 60 lbs of large rocks in the pond, should I also add back some small rocks to help reestablish biological filtration? |
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why did my koi die?
120 gallons is tricky. The bigger the pond the more forgiving the system. What do you know about the water you are putting in? Chloramines stick around much longer than chlorine. Do you have any plants? Get a pond test kit and post your readings here for the experts (meaning not moi ;-) Also, just go with goldfish. And keep your stocking low. 20 gallons per fish. Current wisdom is koi need at least 1,000 gallons just to start with. good luck! k30a |
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why did my koi die?
If you didnt test for chloramines, it could have been that.
however, did you test for temperature? http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...htm#quarantine for pond fish as you are replacing all the fish, and your pond is small you can use it for quarantine, but I would suggest GF only as this is too small a pond for koi. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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why did my koi die?
Tim, Did you treat the water you added? I mean did
you add AmQuel or one of the other water treatments? I agree that you don't have a big enough pond for Koi. I started out with the 120 gallon size and bought FOUR koi! Omg! They were 4 inches long ... by October I had a 3,000 gallon pond built. I really felt sorry for the big little guys! Good Luck ... Nedra in Missouri http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 wrote in message ... If you didnt test for chloramines, it could have been that. however, did you test for temperature? http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...htm#quarantine for pond fish as you are replacing all the fish, and your pond is small you can use it for quarantine, but I would suggest GF only as this is too small a pond for koi. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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