Dbarr1575
Good with aquariums, new to ponds
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2020
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- Central Florida
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I just had to empty and clean my pond because of some kind of contamination but I took out the one fish I managed to save and put her in a quarantine tank. I have since refilled the pond and am letting it "adjust" for a week or so before putting some feeder goldfish in to see how they do. Once they survive well I will add my survivor and some other fish I purchased at a fish show. Hopefully the three feeder fish will be okay and will be part of my overall population.
I'm kind of a pond newbie and when I first put the pond in I hired a service who did not do any water changes and then once a year wanted to charge me a pretty hefty sum to drain it and do a clean out. I may be new to ponds but I've had aquariums for years and knew this did not sound like a good plan to me. I have since fired the pond service and my daughter and I are taking care of it. So I guess you will find all kinds of opinions on here, but from my experience I would say once set up and established completely draining it should be a last resort if your fish are dying from something like mine were.
I'm kind of a pond newbie and when I first put the pond in I hired a service who did not do any water changes and then once a year wanted to charge me a pretty hefty sum to drain it and do a clean out. I may be new to ponds but I've had aquariums for years and knew this did not sound like a good plan to me. I have since fired the pond service and my daughter and I are taking care of it. So I guess you will find all kinds of opinions on here, but from my experience I would say once set up and established completely draining it should be a last resort if your fish are dying from something like mine were.
