New fish behavior

you can certainly hope that like most fish they will go downstream soon and end up in
the lower pond.

For future reference. Dont open bags of fish and leave them in the bag while
floating. and never mix pond water or fresh water into bag water containing fish.
Fish wastes in closed bags set up a balanced pH, but when opened the bag degasses and
the pH increases with the ammonia becoming very toxic to the gills. Furthermore
mixing water with bag water generates some kind of compound(s) that is toxic to the
fish. Ingrid

"chereena" wrote:
The people at my local pet store did not tell me I needed to do that.
That's why I released them in the upper pond [ which they said was
fine]. I treated the water with ph solution yesterday, but otherwise
it looks fine. Everyone is now telling me the uper pond is being
used as a veggie filter. As soon as I get more plants down below I
will need to somehow catch and move them.


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Good advice. Thanks.