Need to wash liner??

[Traci]

Have a question about EPDM liners. I had replaced an old 350 gallon
preformed pond with a liner. Now accross the liner in nice blue letters it
states it is fish safe.
I rinsed the liner with water, filled the pond up, put in some plants waited
about a week, and threw my fish in... Couple days later the fish started
dying....

I have not had any problems with my water, as I have had to re-fill my old
pond frequently due to pump issues.
My question is does anyone know if you are indeed supposed to wash the liner
first.... And even though its says it's fish safe, is there anything I
should check for? chemical-wise, that it might be letting into the water?

Thanks for any help.

[Bonnie Espenshade]

Traci wrote:
> Have a question about EPDM liners. I had replaced an old 350 gallon
> preformed pond with a liner. Now accross the liner in nice blue letters it
> states it is fish safe.
> I rinsed the liner with water, filled the pond up, put in some plants waited
> about a week, and threw my fish in... Couple days later the fish started
> dying....
>
> I have not had any problems with my water, as I have had to re-fill my old
> pond frequently due to pump issues.
> My question is does anyone know if you are indeed supposed to wash the liner
> first.... And even though its says it's fish safe, is there anything I
> should check for? chemical-wise, that it might be letting into the water?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>

You say you threw some fish in. Where the fish healthy?
Did you quarantine them first? Did you throw them in or
did you let them adjust to the temperature of the pond and
then release them?

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

[Iain Miller]

"Bonnie Espenshade" > wrote in message
...
> Traci wrote:
> > Have a question about EPDM liners. I had replaced an old 350 gallon
> > preformed pond with a liner. Now accross the liner in nice blue letters
it
> > states it is fish safe.
> > I rinsed the liner with water, filled the pond up, put in some plants
waited
> > about a week, and threw my fish in... Couple days later the fish started
> > dying....
> >
> > I have not had any problems with my water, as I have had to re-fill my
old
> > pond frequently due to pump issues.
> > My question is does anyone know if you are indeed supposed to wash the
liner
> > first.... And even though its says it's fish safe, is there anything I
> > should check for? chemical-wise, that it might be letting into the
water?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
> >
>
> You say you threw some fish in. Where the fish healthy?
> Did you quarantine them first? Did you throw them in or
> did you let them adjust to the temperature of the pond and
> then release them?

A week is nowhere near long enough to establish a bio filter - how many fish
did you put in? Chances are they died of Ammonia/Nitrite poisoning.