I am so pissed at myself right now. Yesterday I put the hose in the pond to top it off, since some water had evaporated with this warm weather we had been having. Well, the kids got into a fight and I brought everyone inside and forgot about the hose. The hose had ran fully open into my 400 gallon pond for nearly 24 hours straight. I came to feed the fish today and saw a ton of dead bullfrog tadpoles from last year (that I didn't even know I had) and most of my fish lying on their sides. In the end, I pulled out about a dozen and a half dead tadpoles and five of my eight fish (including by largest Shubunkin) are dead. I immediately shut off the water and added an appropriate amount of dechlorination solution to the pond. Within minutes, the three fish that were left began swimming a bit, which is good. I added some pond salt to the pond, since I'm sure I flushed out all the dissolved salt from before.
The fish that are left have a cloudy white covering over their bodies, as do the tadpoles that are left. Does anyone have any other advice for me in salvaging what's left of my pond?
I really am pretty bummed I let this happen. Sigh.
The fish that are left have a cloudy white covering over their bodies, as do the tadpoles that are left. Does anyone have any other advice for me in salvaging what's left of my pond?
I really am pretty bummed I let this happen. Sigh.