Hi-wife came home for lunch today and found that almost all of our ~250 goldfish in our 3500 gal pond were dead. Strange thing is that the water is crystal...
What is the water chemistry???? Any one in your area spraying insecticides or putting stuff in water(dumping)....? Larry Carmichael/Sacramento California, USA ...
Have yet to test the water...have been offloading fish to another, more safe environment. We'll have to test it tomorrow morning...it's the strangest thing,...
Has there been any recent rain that would account for chemical run off being introduced into the pond? Any recent or nearby lawn chemical treatments or...
I am so sorry for your loss. What do you mean by a safer environment? Was there any way someone could have gotten into your pond and added anything to the...
As my wife began the painful process of removing the dead fish, she realized that there were a few survivors. Those were moved to a fifty gallon drum we had...
Any suggestions on alternate food for pleco's instead of the alge discs? My plecos have gotton to be the size killer whales and the discs are costly. Can...
I am so sad to hear of the loss of your fish. To me it does sound like some form of poisoning, whether within the pond or something more sinister. As ...
I am so glad to have found this group! I have a large pond in my backyard about 60' wide, 80' long, 14-16' deep. I have 6 large rainbow trout in it, and added...
Hi Debbie That is one big pond! Your trout and goldfish should be OK in it, and it would be nice for koi too with that depth. But I would'nt risk the...
As long as the water isn't too hot or too cold goldfish can spawn in outdoor ponds, so no worries. deborah <deborah@...> wrote:I am so glad to have found...
In addition to the other info posted, I have read and found from my own experience that fancy goldfish with unusually fancy tails (i.e., fantails) often don't...
I'm the wife mentioned below that came home to find the entire tragedy. I wanted to give everyone an update to what the outcome was a week after the whole...
Hello Your was one of the saddest emails I have read. I really feel for you. I too have a pond with comets, goldfish and shubunkins and would be devistated...
That's OK Cindy. You do have to love your fish to understand. Many people would say 'they are only fish' the same thing has been said about my 2 dogs...
Thanks for all of your insights....my daughter discoved this afternoon that we have many many baby goldfish, I just can't believe it...hope the trout leave...
Congratulation on your babies Debbie! I too have babies but in that pond I have goldfish, shubunkins, comets, rudd and orfe so I don't know what the babies...
Yay for you Debbie! Babies are so fun, especially as they grow and take on their true colors. You have a fun next couple of months ahead of you. Enjoy! ...
I really like this group, thanks for being so much fun! My babies are mostly white now with patches of gold here and there....they seem to stay in the shallow...
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HI, everyone. Seems like a good group. Two nights ago I heard raccoons in my yard at 345am then when outside and my pond was attacked. I cover it nightly...
Hi everyone, I am very new to the group and new to ponds. When my husband put a roof on a large shed that his brother was building a couple weeks ago he...
Hi Connie I started off with a preformed pond similar size to yours and it worked well. You may find in the future, as your fish stocks grow, you will want...
A few of you told me I should be careful not to put fantail (fancy) not sure what kind...goldfish in my pomd. It is a large pomd (abut 60'x80') and 14' feet...
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