On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:53:53 GMT, Roy wrote:

Yes I want the fish out of the pnd,a nd would prefer to have had them
removed by fishing or netting etc, but like I said I am all ears for a
better suggestion!

I'd be worrying about the Koi in water of these conditions, they can't
be doing well.

Will your new Sequence pump be capable of draining this pond? I know it
will take ages but can it shift water quicker than the spring refills
it or could you pipe the spring water straight to your pond exit and
then pump the pond out. I can't really imagine the amount of water in
this pond.

As for filtration a pile of gravel would do, I don't know how much
gravel costs though for half a ton or so. Pump the water over it from
your new pump and just dump it in the pond and replace when it gets
dirty, you've got plenty of depth :-) The gravel doesn't have to be
immersed in water, in fact if it drained through you would in effect
have a trickle filter and these are just about the best for biological
filtration that you can get because the oxygen levels are so high.

I have to agree that I don't like hearing about the fish kills but if
we didn't hear we wouldn't be able to make stupid suggestions and you
might just get one that is useful. Do keep posting, you only annoy me
when there isn't any space between your post and your sig but I can
live with that :-)

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