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Wondering why my goldfish died
We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four
years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. |
On 25 Aug 2004 14:40:38 -0700, (Barb) wrote:
===We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four ===years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become ===very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a ===container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, ===their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding ===container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled ===it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish ===back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in ===color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. ===The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what ===went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? === ===Thanks. PH level and temperature adjustment are the first things that come to mind. Did you check the ph....was the new the same as the old waters ph? Was the temps the same and did you float the fish to acclimate them to a possible difference in the temps? Did you use any type of detergent to clean your pond? Was it thouroughly rinsed and free of any possible residue? Did you use sufficient chlorine remover? Not an expert by any means but I would wonder about the things I listed if it was me.... Nothing else has really changed but the water change and it has to be with the water, at least I would think so. Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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Andy Hill wrote in message . ..
(Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? pH shock, temperature shock, poisoning from whatever cleaner you used for the cleaning (assuming you didn't use straight water), ammonia poisoning (if your water treatment is chloramine instead of straight chlorine. Probably other possibilities -- it's almost always a bad idea to make "big" change to a fish's environment. Thanks for the response. FYI - we used straight water to clean the liner. Where can I find instructions on how to properly clean a fish pond? Thanks. |
Andy Hill wrote in message . ..
(Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? pH shock, temperature shock, poisoning from whatever cleaner you used for the cleaning (assuming you didn't use straight water), ammonia poisoning (if your water treatment is chloramine instead of straight chlorine. Probably other possibilities -- it's almost always a bad idea to make "big" change to a fish's environment. Thanks for the response. FYI - we used straight water to clean the liner. Where can I find instructions on how to properly clean a fish pond? Thanks. |
temp shock. maybe lack of oxygen.. got aeration in there? did you have aeration in
the bucket holding the fish while you cleaned the pond? did the ammonia spike? INgrid (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
temp shock. maybe lack of oxygen.. got aeration in there? did you have aeration in
the bucket holding the fish while you cleaned the pond? did the ammonia spike? INgrid (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
Barb wrote how to properly clean a fish
pond? Don't scrub the liner. Just scoop up the stuff on the bottom. A pond is a living system and you don't want to totally wipe it out. We have a 3,000 gallon pond. And we have an upflow filter made out a 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank. When we clean, we empty out the filter stuff. Fill it with pond water and net the fish in. We put in several airstones and net the top to keep the fish from jumping out. We drain the pond and send in a couple teenage boys with flat sided nets to scoop out the muck. We refill the pond and let it sit for the temperatures to equalize. Treat with dechlor. Put the fish back in. (Feed teenagers pizza.) I would also suggest not dying the pond water. Read the algae tips in my sig for ways to keep the pond clear. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
Barb wrote how to properly clean a fish
pond? Don't scrub the liner. Just scoop up the stuff on the bottom. A pond is a living system and you don't want to totally wipe it out. We have a 3,000 gallon pond. And we have an upflow filter made out a 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank. When we clean, we empty out the filter stuff. Fill it with pond water and net the fish in. We put in several airstones and net the top to keep the fish from jumping out. We drain the pond and send in a couple teenage boys with flat sided nets to scoop out the muck. We refill the pond and let it sit for the temperatures to equalize. Treat with dechlor. Put the fish back in. (Feed teenagers pizza.) I would also suggest not dying the pond water. Read the algae tips in my sig for ways to keep the pond clear. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
We had the pond pump running in the holding container while they were
there. We had it running in the pond when we returned them to the pond. Are you aware of specific guidelines for cleaning a pond? I followed the instructions in our pond book, but that didn't help. Thanks Barb wrote in message ... temp shock. maybe lack of oxygen.. got aeration in there? did you have aeration in the bucket holding the fish while you cleaned the pond? did the ammonia spike? INgrid (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
We had the pond pump running in the holding container while they were
there. We had it running in the pond when we returned them to the pond. Are you aware of specific guidelines for cleaning a pond? I followed the instructions in our pond book, but that didn't help. Thanks Barb wrote in message ... temp shock. maybe lack of oxygen.. got aeration in there? did you have aeration in the bucket holding the fish while you cleaned the pond? did the ammonia spike? INgrid (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
(Barb) wrote:
Andy Hill wrote in message . .. (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? pH shock, temperature shock, poisoning from whatever cleaner you used for the cleaning (assuming you didn't use straight water), ammonia poisoning (if your water treatment is chloramine instead of straight chlorine. Probably other possibilities -- it's almost always a bad idea to make "big" change to a fish's environment. Thanks for the response. FYI - we used straight water to clean the liner. Where can I find instructions on how to properly clean a fish pond? Looks like others have answered the cleaning question. What I'm curious about would be how you re-introduced the fish to the pond. While I'm not a fan of the "big bang" pond cleaning method, it sounds like your approach should've worked if the fish had been re-introduced gradually. By gradually, I mean much like you'd introduce a new fish from the store -- float a bag holding the fish (and its original water, of course) in the pond to allow the temperatures to adjust, and, over a period of hours, introduce a bit of pond water into the original water in order to match up the pH. |
(Barb) wrote:
Andy Hill wrote in message . .. (Barb) wrote: We have a pond in our backyard in Tennessee. We have had it for four years. We had twenty goldfish and 1 catfish in it. It had become very green with algae so we decided to clean it. We bought a container to put our fish in while we cleaned it. We put the fish, their current pond water, and the water hyacinth in the holding container. We then emptied the pond, power washed it, and refilled it. We added chlorine remover after we filled it. We added the fish back to the water. Then, my husband added some algae blocker (blue in color) to the water after the fish were re-introduced to the pond. The next morning, all the goldfish were dead. We are wondering what went wrong. Can anyone offer any suggestions? pH shock, temperature shock, poisoning from whatever cleaner you used for the cleaning (assuming you didn't use straight water), ammonia poisoning (if your water treatment is chloramine instead of straight chlorine. Probably other possibilities -- it's almost always a bad idea to make "big" change to a fish's environment. Thanks for the response. FYI - we used straight water to clean the liner. Where can I find instructions on how to properly clean a fish pond? Looks like others have answered the cleaning question. What I'm curious about would be how you re-introduced the fish to the pond. While I'm not a fan of the "big bang" pond cleaning method, it sounds like your approach should've worked if the fish had been re-introduced gradually. By gradually, I mean much like you'd introduce a new fish from the store -- float a bag holding the fish (and its original water, of course) in the pond to allow the temperatures to adjust, and, over a period of hours, introduce a bit of pond water into the original water in order to match up the pH. |
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