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HELP /w 1500 Gallon pond! Overfeeding
We went out of town for 3 days, and the person we hired to take care
of the animals dumped a whole 25 POUNDS of Koi wheatgerm food into my poor little 1500 gallon pond. 25 POUNDS! MY.. GOD.. how stupid could you get! *I was stocking up for the winter.* Well, now its a day after we've gotten home. There is a layer of food on the floor of the pond that even dwarfs the ammount of leaves before we had a skimmer. The water is so incredibly filthy, I cant see to the bottom in the gravity pond's mechanical filter! Visibility is about 3 inches. The pond water is milky *and seriously.. its like I filled the tank with milk* white. I cant see the colors on the fish from 3 inches of water.. I have no quarantine tank, was planning on putting one in this spring. The food has clogged the skimmer.. is was completely full. Thank god I bought that auto-shutoff. Food has nearly stopped the drain pump from working.. its pulling a measly 450 gph *while it usually pulls about 2500 GPH* The pond aerorator doesnt blow bubbles.. seeing its full of little particles of FOOD.. the rocks I use to give the fish a hiding place were COVERED.. not a spot of rock to see. Like I said, visibility was about 3 inches. I did a 75% water change *drained half way, filled, half way again, filled.* and dumped 20 ounces of 'Ultimate' pond clear *fish store was out of ammonia lock* I picked out as much dirt as I could.. *most of it being food* I dont seem to have lost any fish yet, but I do believe I'm going to lose them when the Nitrates and Nitrites turn into Ammonia. I then sterilised the filter pads, heavy, medium, and light.. and sterilised half the biological filter. *sterilising by boiling the objects* The sand filter was clogged full of food, so I rinsed it out. After about 2 hours, I noticed a change in the pond.. the water's surface has a rainbow-like sheen, and foam occurs at the waterfall. Please, somebody help! |
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