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What to do with salt (and other stuff) in pond water
[I reposted with a different title, because google lumped it with an
earlier thread due to the title. Apologies.] Hi all. This is my first time posting here, and I have a couple of specific questions which I'll ask in separate posts . . . I had fish die from (according to my local pond outfit) "mouth rot" (see my next post). After researching online, I learned that treating the pond with salt is one of a couple of recommended procedures to help control the disease in fish. For the moment, I opted to use the malachite green product instead (although I did ad 1/4 of the recommended salt dose to the pond as well), and here's why I'm afraid to use salt: Not only does it make the environment unfriendly to plants in the pond to a greater or lesser degree, but it also creates a water disposal problem for me . . . Until my fish got sick, whenever I cleaned the filters or took water out of the pond, I felt comfortable using the water to irrigate my garden plants. I am in California, and I always try to be water conscious. Plus the gunk form the filters is supposed to be organically favorable, and (I supposed) good for plants. Once I add salt to the ponds, doesn't the water become dangerous for use in irrigation? Will it gradually collect in my clay soils and make them toxic to my garden? If that's the case, is it legal to dispose of the water down the toilet? Or pump it into street drains? What the heck do I do with it? For that matter, what about the malachite green? What is the consequence of disposing this as irrigation/fertilization of yard plants/lawn? Is it legally disposable into municipal sewer or storm drains? If the answer to all of the above is no, then what the heck do I do with it? Thanks! D |
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