Rusty
January 8th 07, 07:08 AM
Really so much for what you automatically assume dumbass! There is
just too many unasnered parts to make any kind of real assessment
anyhow. Now go away.,
"Tristan" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Really so much for what you automatically assume dumbass! There is
> just too many unasnered parts to make any kind of real assessment
> anyhow. Now go away.,
>
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:28:10 -0600, Zëbulon >
> wrote:
>
> <<>>
> <<>>"~ janj" > wrote in message
> ...
> <<>>>>Not a pond person but I keep planted aquaria and am constantly
dosing
> <<>>>>them with one nutrient or another. Do you suppose that the leaky
pond
> <<>>>>obtained some nutrients from the surrounding soil, and that
> <<>>>>water-topping-off to compensate for leaks also added elements that
the
> <<>>>>plants liked? If so, water tests for macronutrients and addition of
> <<>>>>lacking nutrients might help - don't forget the trace elements.
> <<>>>>d.
> <<>>>
> <<>>> Good catch D. I didn't even think about why it might have all worked
in
> <<>>> the
> <<>>> old pond and now isn't in the new. It all comes down to water
parameters.
> <<>>> Hopefully Pat has some test kits. ~ jan
> <<>>=====================
> <<>>If the water was that drastically different I would think the fish
would
> <<>>have also reacted badly yet the OP says they're fine. I have to
acclimate
> <<>>every fish I buy here or they die from what was called PH shock not
too long
> <<>>ago. Plants don't just drop over dead, especially the new ones that
would
> <<>>not have been as badly effected by such a drastic difference. Plants
> <<>>starved for nutrients fade away.........
>
>
>
> -------
> I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!
just too many unasnered parts to make any kind of real assessment
anyhow. Now go away.,
"Tristan" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Really so much for what you automatically assume dumbass! There is
> just too many unasnered parts to make any kind of real assessment
> anyhow. Now go away.,
>
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:28:10 -0600, Zëbulon >
> wrote:
>
> <<>>
> <<>>"~ janj" > wrote in message
> ...
> <<>>>>Not a pond person but I keep planted aquaria and am constantly
dosing
> <<>>>>them with one nutrient or another. Do you suppose that the leaky
pond
> <<>>>>obtained some nutrients from the surrounding soil, and that
> <<>>>>water-topping-off to compensate for leaks also added elements that
the
> <<>>>>plants liked? If so, water tests for macronutrients and addition of
> <<>>>>lacking nutrients might help - don't forget the trace elements.
> <<>>>>d.
> <<>>>
> <<>>> Good catch D. I didn't even think about why it might have all worked
in
> <<>>> the
> <<>>> old pond and now isn't in the new. It all comes down to water
parameters.
> <<>>> Hopefully Pat has some test kits. ~ jan
> <<>>=====================
> <<>>If the water was that drastically different I would think the fish
would
> <<>>have also reacted badly yet the OP says they're fine. I have to
acclimate
> <<>>every fish I buy here or they die from what was called PH shock not
too long
> <<>>ago. Plants don't just drop over dead, especially the new ones that
would
> <<>>not have been as badly effected by such a drastic difference. Plants
> <<>>starved for nutrients fade away.........
>
>
>
> -------
> I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!