Hello All!
Hope I can get insight to the problem we have.
Quick Backstory:
Boss came over to my house one day, seen my 300 gallon goldfish pond that i had set up inside and wanted his own. Goes to the extreme of course and builds a monster 5000-6000 gallon pond outside and fills it with koi its pretty, buuuuuut here comes the trouble.
The pond has been built for an official year now, but many fish have been slowly added over the year, and as we all know koi are very addicting to keep. I don't own any because one; I know this and two; I dont have a pond set up for it, because I am noob.
The major thing you will note is that in the images the pond is filled with so much debris, algae and the like; that you can not see the fish. the pond does not smell very lovely, and I have done all I can as a beginner to help out. I have actually done a full water change within a two week time frame and yet it looks like the images that I took today.
Information to help me out
Water quality
* Ammonia Level = off charts - before water changes, after change, still some high levels of ammonia ppm wise ??? I just know its not healthy.
* Nitrite Level = 0.0 ppm
* Ammonia Level (tap water) = 0.0 ppm
* Nitrite Level (tap water) = 0.0 ppm
* Ph Level, pond = 7.8 ( i believe )
* Ph Level, tap water = ??
* Brand of test-kit used and whether strips or drops = API test kit, drip testors
Other useful information:
* Water temperature = ?? outside temp has been around 78 - 85 for the past two weeks nice and sunny
* Pond size and how long has it been running = 5000-6000 gallons and for one year
* What is the name and size of the filter - custom built filtration unit. No idea name of brand would have to go back out and look.
* How often do you change the water and how much - changed full 5000-6000 last two weeks...typically change 1000 or so every 3 months.
* How many days ago was the last water change and how much did you change - Last change was 3 days ago and was 2000 gallons aprox.
* How many fish in the pond and their type - around 30+ fish.. comprised of mostly koi of all sizes, a few carp varieties, and comet goldfish.
* What kind of water additives or conditioners have you used - use algae away, API pond dechlorinator myself...Boss, he has other chems but is afraid to touch them so I do not know if he does anything else. we tried barley straw extract and the straw itself along with adding the floating hyacinth as you see in the pics.
* What do you feed your fish and how often? Not sure feed Brand, but it is medium pellets and from what I understand he feeds them once a day.
* Any new fish added to the pond recently - possibly, last I knew was 4 fish adds a month ago.
* Any medications added to the pond - no
* List entire medication/treatment history for fish and pond - none
* Any unusual findings on the fish - fish seem just fine, when i did the water changes and brought it practically to the bottom. I did a fish health check and gills looked fine, eyes looked fine, swimming and activity looked fine. couldn't tell if any of them had issues if they did... no slow swimmers or laying on the bottom or anything.
* Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating, etc.? - as stated all seems fine.
*additional info - the pond is approx. 7ft deep, maybe 6-ish ft wide, and 20+ ish feet long
The biggest thing I would really like to know is how are we gonna be getting this thing back to clear-ish water to where we can actually enjoy the fish, I told my boss the algae and other debris problems will always be there, but if we cant see the fish then whats the point.
Hope I can get insight to the problem we have.
Quick Backstory:
Boss came over to my house one day, seen my 300 gallon goldfish pond that i had set up inside and wanted his own. Goes to the extreme of course and builds a monster 5000-6000 gallon pond outside and fills it with koi its pretty, buuuuuut here comes the trouble.
The pond has been built for an official year now, but many fish have been slowly added over the year, and as we all know koi are very addicting to keep. I don't own any because one; I know this and two; I dont have a pond set up for it, because I am noob.
The major thing you will note is that in the images the pond is filled with so much debris, algae and the like; that you can not see the fish. the pond does not smell very lovely, and I have done all I can as a beginner to help out. I have actually done a full water change within a two week time frame and yet it looks like the images that I took today.
Information to help me out
Water quality
* Ammonia Level = off charts - before water changes, after change, still some high levels of ammonia ppm wise ??? I just know its not healthy.
* Nitrite Level = 0.0 ppm
* Ammonia Level (tap water) = 0.0 ppm
* Nitrite Level (tap water) = 0.0 ppm
* Ph Level, pond = 7.8 ( i believe )
* Ph Level, tap water = ??
* Brand of test-kit used and whether strips or drops = API test kit, drip testors
Other useful information:
* Water temperature = ?? outside temp has been around 78 - 85 for the past two weeks nice and sunny
* Pond size and how long has it been running = 5000-6000 gallons and for one year
* What is the name and size of the filter - custom built filtration unit. No idea name of brand would have to go back out and look.
* How often do you change the water and how much - changed full 5000-6000 last two weeks...typically change 1000 or so every 3 months.
* How many days ago was the last water change and how much did you change - Last change was 3 days ago and was 2000 gallons aprox.
* How many fish in the pond and their type - around 30+ fish.. comprised of mostly koi of all sizes, a few carp varieties, and comet goldfish.
* What kind of water additives or conditioners have you used - use algae away, API pond dechlorinator myself...Boss, he has other chems but is afraid to touch them so I do not know if he does anything else. we tried barley straw extract and the straw itself along with adding the floating hyacinth as you see in the pics.
* What do you feed your fish and how often? Not sure feed Brand, but it is medium pellets and from what I understand he feeds them once a day.
* Any new fish added to the pond recently - possibly, last I knew was 4 fish adds a month ago.
* Any medications added to the pond - no
* List entire medication/treatment history for fish and pond - none
* Any unusual findings on the fish - fish seem just fine, when i did the water changes and brought it practically to the bottom. I did a fish health check and gills looked fine, eyes looked fine, swimming and activity looked fine. couldn't tell if any of them had issues if they did... no slow swimmers or laying on the bottom or anything.
* Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating, etc.? - as stated all seems fine.
*additional info - the pond is approx. 7ft deep, maybe 6-ish ft wide, and 20+ ish feet long
The biggest thing I would really like to know is how are we gonna be getting this thing back to clear-ish water to where we can actually enjoy the fish, I told my boss the algae and other debris problems will always be there, but if we cant see the fish then whats the point.