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
m...
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
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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.........



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!