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Hlep
Help me.
My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. Help!! PondDiver |
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"Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. Help!! PondDiver |
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"Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. You say your params are OK. Is your ammonia zero? In warmer water, you'll tend to have less oxygen. In a small amount like 250 gallons, you are more suscetible to swings in chemistry, and the fish are more at risk. If you are losing 2-3 per day...how many do you have in 250 gallons? Are there any outside issues? Chemicals being sprayed, etc? Are the plants OK? Are any other critters dieing? BV. |
Hlep
You say your params are OK. Is your ammonia zero? In warmer water, you'll tend to have less oxygen. In a small amount like 250 gallons, you are more suscetible to swings in chemistry, and the fish are more at risk. If you are losing 2-3 per day...how many do you have in 250 gallons? Are there any outside issues? Chemicals being sprayed, etc? Are the plants OK? Are any other critters dieing? BV. Yea, what he said. A ph of 8 is fine for a pond. I think something else is most likely the problem. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Do you have any aeration at all, a bubbler, a waterfall, anything to put
some oxygen into the water? "Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. Help!! PondDiver |
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote:
"Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. You say your params are OK. Is your ammonia zero? In warmer water, you'll tend to have less oxygen. In a small amount like 250 gallons, you are more suscetible to swings in chemistry, and the fish are more at risk. If you are losing 2-3 per day...how many do you have in 250 gallons? Are there any outside issues? Chemicals being sprayed, etc? Are the plants OK? Are any other critters dieing? BV. If your parameters are good, I think we had a thread awhile back about runoff into the pond containing pesticide. Any chance of that? San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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"Pond Diver" wrote in message ... See! Its got me so flustered I can't spell HELP It would help if you provoded at least partial shade. The fact that your string algae has died back tells me that you may have a problem with oxygen deficiency. Try adding an aerator. A pH of 8.0 is ok for a pond. What kind of fish do you have, and what are their symptoms? Are they gulping air at the surface? "Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. Help!! PondDiver |
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"tim chandler" wrote in message . ..
Do you have any aeration at all, a bubbler, a waterfall, anything to put some oxygen into the water? "Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. Help!! PondDiver You had too many fish and now they are down to a safer amount. A pond needs a pump-fountain to get oxygen in to the water and a bio-filter to handle the ammonia, etc. The pond needs 60% surface coverage to keep the temps down especially in a smaller pond. My pond is in full sun and the well water has a 8.4 pH. Even when I had a smaller pond there were no problems due to the fountain-pump and bio-filter. Invest in Low-Maintanence Water Gardens by Helen Nash. Good luck. |
Hlep
Noticed my lillies are turning yellow and dying. Some pads aren't even
getting large, just turning brown around the edges No other critters other than goldfish. I HAD around 25 or so. I had 19 in the 250 gal and 6 in the smaller 90 gal Are the plants OK? Are any other critters dieing? BV. |
Hlep
nope, we purposely do not use pesticides in the backyard period due to our
dogs and the pond(s). .. "SanDiegoJoe" wrote in message ... "Benign Vanilla" wrote: "Pond Diver" wrote in message ... Help me. My fish are dying at a rate of 2 - 3 per day. I don't know exactly why. But I suspect it is a combination of temperature and pH. (pH around 8.0) How I don't know... My pond is in full sun and can get quite warm above 80F easy. But now the pond is cooler sense the outdoor temps have become more tolerable. Anyway, I noticed I was loosing some fish. I tested the water and everything came back OK except the water hardness, and pH. Both were way high. like a pH of 8.0. Ammonia and nitrate levels were great. Hell, I've even noticed the string algae that started to grow dropped deader than a hammer as well!!!! Something is in my pond water and its killing my fish. Any ideas? Can temp cause a high pH level? Should I make my pond deeper because its in full sun and can get quite warm? The current depth is 18-24 inches and approx 250gal. I had about 20 goldfish averaging 3-6 inches in length. I'm down to about 8 and they're moaping around like the grim reaper is on their shoulders. You say your params are OK. Is your ammonia zero? In warmer water, you'll tend to have less oxygen. In a small amount like 250 gallons, you are more suscetible to swings in chemistry, and the fish are more at risk. If you are losing 2-3 per day...how many do you have in 250 gallons? Are there any outside issues? Chemicals being sprayed, etc? Are the plants OK? Are any other critters dieing? BV. If your parameters are good, I think we had a thread awhile back about runoff into the pond containing pesticide. Any chance of that? San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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