I never add straight to the pond once fish are in, I put water in a bucket, add dechlor, let sit for a minute and let an aquarium vacuum slowly add it to the water, time consuming but hey.
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OK - again, in general... with any kind of pond additive (and I really can't say I recommend ANY) more is definitely not better. When your fish already appear stressed adding lots of things to the pond all at once will only add more stress UNLESS you know for sure what the problem is - i.e. ammonia too high. Not trying to criticize - just suggesting that you slow down and try to figure out what's going on. Lots of additions to the problem only complicate things.
bettasngoldfish
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Honestly you could forget about the bacteria starter, the stress coat, and any extra conditioners. One good product that takes care of chlorine, chloramines, and heavy metals is fine.
I agree, I only added the stress coat plus and bacteria supplement yesterday when chlorine and nitrite showed up in results. The only other thing I've added since start up of the new pond was my extra pump for increased aeration
I'm wondering why the chlorine would show up if you used dechlor? And why now if the pond has been filled for a week? Any chlorine in the water should have dissipated? Unless you have chloramines in your water supply?
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Under the conditions that you have described.....your fish are stressed. They have been in a completely new environment for only about a week, the pond has yet to cycle. you have unnecessarily added 'snake oil' pond treatments.....and, if I read correct;y the pond is only half filled.
I think she meant she only had enough old pond water to half fill the new pond. She added tap water to complete the fill.
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When ever I have a situation where my fish are acting "off" first thing I do is a water change.
Nine times out of ten when fish become ill or start dying it is due to water quality.
Considering you have nitrite showing up and fish acting off/ill I would do a water change.
Nine times out of ten when fish become ill or start dying it is due to water quality.
Considering you have nitrite showing up and fish acting off/ill I would do a water change.
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The pond is in the early stage of cycling (one week).
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Right, In an earlier post I recommend using Prime (to detox the nitrite) but since she obviously doesn't have Prime the next best thing is to do a water change (or use salt but I didn't want to get in to all that being it's a pond and not a quarantine)
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@Jetta , what is the pond volume and how many inches of fish, number and size, do you have in it? I think @Meyer Jordan has it correct , it's basically a new pond except I'd expect to see something other than 0 for ammonia. But let's make sure that you system isn't overloaded because if it is you may need to take a different approach.
Also, I used to use the stress coat declornator with aloe but switched to pure declornators and just recently the cloromine and heavy metal neutralizer.
Also, I used to use the stress coat declornator with aloe but switched to pure declornators and just recently the cloromine and heavy metal neutralizer.
Oh my! My husband guesses 500 gallons, I have three six inch shybunkins, two three inch shubunkins, one six inch koi. And four one inch babies. I will get a better estimate on volume. (I add water by the bucket so that's how I add dechlor for any questions on that)