August 7th 03, 04:34 AM
(Timothy Tom) wrote:
>> Did your powerwasher ever hold soap or other cleaning supplies?
>> With repeated losses in such a short time, there is something toxic still in
>> the pond. Garden fertilizer? Decomposing residues fro before? I don't
>> think a high turnover with chlorinated water would have killed the first
>> batch. Were there any other changes in equipment at that time?
>>
>> Jim
>
>
>The powerwasher has never had any kind of detergent or cleaner used in
>it. My wife said she had added plant fertilizer to the plants, but
>she said she had used this before without problem to the koi. In
>addition my last two unsuccessful attempts to add fish were done after
>multiple water changes with all plants/fertilizer removed. Following
>the death of the first fish, the pond was totally cleaned with very
>little residue left, with the exception of some crevices from the lava
>rock. If rotting residue were the problem though, wouldnt there be an
>ammonia spike? What I am planning to do is to remove all material
>from the pond (pumps, rocks, everything, add water only and
>conditioner) to eliminate all variables.
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>> Did your powerwasher ever hold soap or other cleaning supplies?
>> With repeated losses in such a short time, there is something toxic still in
>> the pond. Garden fertilizer? Decomposing residues fro before? I don't
>> think a high turnover with chlorinated water would have killed the first
>> batch. Were there any other changes in equipment at that time?
>>
>> Jim
>
>
>The powerwasher has never had any kind of detergent or cleaner used in
>it. My wife said she had added plant fertilizer to the plants, but
>she said she had used this before without problem to the koi. In
>addition my last two unsuccessful attempts to add fish were done after
>multiple water changes with all plants/fertilizer removed. Following
>the death of the first fish, the pond was totally cleaned with very
>little residue left, with the exception of some crevices from the lava
>rock. If rotting residue were the problem though, wouldnt there be an
>ammonia spike? What I am planning to do is to remove all material
>from the pond (pumps, rocks, everything, add water only and
>conditioner) to eliminate all variables.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.