Fish dying

Lots of rain? What's your runoff situation like? Could something nasty be
running into the pond?

BV.


Good question.

A couple of months ago, we did get the house power washed. They used
bleach, but they didn't use it on the side of the house near the pond.
It's possible the wind could have blown some in, but I added De-Chlor
as a preventative afterwards.

Also, about that time, an exterminator came and sprayed around the
house. He uses a pyrethrin-based product. Again, though, we watched
him closely to make sure that he stayed away from the pond. I guess
it's not impossible some could have gotten in.

I can't think of anything else. We have no nearby neighbors and our
wastewater is discharged downhill of the pond. We don't use chemicals
on the lawn.

We did have an awful lot of algae this year, so I guess it's possible
we're a little oxygen depleted. We run an air bubbler in the pond
24/7 and we have a waterfall, though, and I haven't seen any fish
gasping for air at the surface of the water. I guess I need to check
early in the AM.

Joan

Thank you!!!

I did call her. She is wonderful! Very knowledgable and helpful.

Joan

call Jo Ann and discuss this with her. 1-251-649-4790. Ingrid

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Thank you!!!

I did call her. She is wonderful! Very knowledgable and helpful.


Well what did she say?

BV.

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"JGW" wrote in message
Thank you!!!

I did call her. She is wonderful! Very knowledgable and helpful.

Well what did she say?
BV.


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

I remember sometime back someone had fish dying and he couldn't figure out why.
Turned out he'd sprayed wasp/hornet spray and the residue was running off into
his pond. If I remember correctly, 1 part per million would kill fish. Any
chance there's been any spray used around your pond that could have found it's
way into the water.

Karen
Zone 5
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Thank you!!!

I did call her. She is wonderful! Very knowledgable and helpful.

Well what did she say?

BV.

She said that she thought it was either due to some toxin in the water
(she didn't know what) or spawning injuries. She said if it was
spawning injuries, the problem should solve itself soon. She
suggested I check the *nitrate* level.

She said it wouldn't hurt to add some activated carbon to the water
circulating system (preferably to the site where the water leaves the
pond to go to the filter).

She also suggested I check the CO2 level. She said if the CO2 level
was elevated, that would be a nonspecific sign that there was some
kind of toxin in the water.

And she suggested that I give the fish a five-day course of therapy
with medicated fish food (Romet I think).

So far I have added the carbon and confirmed that the nitrate level is
okay. I have checked the CO2 level, but my kit doesn't give me
information about the acceptable range, so I don't know how to
interpret it. So far the fish seem okay. Knock wood.

Thanks for asking.

Joan
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That's a good question. We did have an exterminator spray around the
house shortly before the fish started dying. We watched him, and, as
far as we could tell, he sprayed nowhere near the pond and used a
pyrethrin-based spray. Still, I suppose it's not entirely impossible
that some of it got into the pond. We won't let him anywhere NEAR the
fish next time.

Joan

I remember sometime back someone had fish dying and he couldn't figure out why.
Turned out he'd sprayed wasp/hornet spray and the residue was running off into
his pond. If I remember correctly, 1 part per million would kill fish. Any
chance there's been any spray used around your pond that could have found it's
way into the water.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH

you need to cover the pond if anyone is spraying anywhere in the vicinity. that
stuff drifts!! Ingrid


JGW wrote:

That's a good question. We did have an exterminator spray around the
house shortly before the fish started dying. We watched him, and, as
far as we could tell, he sprayed nowhere near the pond and used a
pyrethrin-based spray. Still, I suppose it's not entirely impossible
that some of it got into the pond. We won't let him anywhere NEAR the
fish next time.


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You say the exterminator used a "pyrethrin-based spray" ....
Pyrethrin is deadly toxic to fish - also "as far as we could tell" ... these
sentences point to the culprit pyrethrin.
A tiny breeze could blow some
of the stuff into your pond.

Good Luck in getting it cleaned out of your pond surrounds.

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"JGW" wrote in message
...
That's a good question. We did have an exterminator spray around the
house shortly before the fish started dying. We watched him, and, as
far as we could tell, he sprayed nowhere near the pond and used a
pyrethrin-based spray. Still, I suppose it's not entirely impossible
that some of it got into the pond. We won't let him anywhere NEAR the
fish next time.

Joan

I remember sometime back someone had fish dying and he couldn't figure
out why.
Turned out he'd sprayed wasp/hornet spray and the residue was running
off into
his pond. If I remember correctly, 1 part per million would kill fish.
Any
chance there's been any spray used around your pond that could have found
it's
way into the water.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH

Thanks. No problem. We thought we were being real careful, but we're
gonna be waaay more careful from now on. Very scarey.

Joan

you need to cover the pond if anyone is spraying anywhere in the vicinity. that
stuff drifts!! Ingrid