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Help! Goldfish are Dying in New Pond
I recently put a new pond in our back yard. It is 8' long X 5' Wide at
the longest points and 22" deep. I'm bordering Zone 5 and Zone 6. I'm figuring it's about 450 Gallon give or take. We filled the pond about 2 1/2 weeks ago and we have not added plants yet. We have a 750 gph pump with fountain and also a waterfall. After 2 weeks we were told we should add a few goldfish to help with misquitoes. (we were not planning to use it for fish, just plants originally) Anyway......after the pond had been filled for 2 weeks we added recomended amounts of Chlorine/Chloramine Neutralizer and Some Algae Preventor to the pond and then went to the fish store we always deal with for our Aquarium. We never really had any problems with the fish we bought from them and they are highly recomended. We picked up 6 fancy goldfish and I floated them for about 45 minutes along with adding some pond water every 15 minutes before we released them into the pond. On the 2nd day we lost 2 goldfish and one more on the 3rd day. Of the 3 we have left it looks like another might be dying. I checked the PH level and it was 6.5 (a little low, but I don't think that was causing the death) The Nitrate levels were Perfect. I don't have a chlorine tester yet but I did add the chlorine neutralizer before adding the fish. Both chemicals that were added to the pond said they were fish/plant safe. Someone said I should put in some pond salt? I didn't think I needed salt for goldfish.....but could this be my problem? Did I miss anything else? Thanks in advance, Mike |
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