Newbie here- needs urgent advice

[Davekoidad]

Hi all, glad to be part of this forum. I need urgent advice. We got our house siding cleaned yesterday and noticed last evening that the fish were struggling. It has freezing temps so that was unusual. Called the company and they confirmed they use diluted bleach . Is there anything that can be done at this point? We are absolutely heartbroken and mortified. Please help. Thanks

 

[j.w]

@Davekoidad
That is horrible! If it were me I would be taking a hose right now and putting fresh water in there while sucking out the old water. Not sure if this is the best info for you. Perhaps someone w/more knowledge can help and quick! I know there are chlorine removers but not sure how much you would need for such an amount of bleach.

 

[poconojoe]

That's terrible!

I hope the experts here will quickly chime in.

I wonder if just adding a dechlorinizer/ conditioner would be the answer. I guess you would need to know how much to add. Maybe add enough to treat the full volume of your pond.

A partial water change would help, but if it's still cold where you are, it might be disturbing for the fish.

I think I would add the dechlorinator/conditioner.

 

[WaterGardener]

No expert, but I agree with poconojoe. Add a dechlorinator like Prime or Safe, enough to treat the total volume of your pond.

Good luck with your fish and it's good you found the problem so quickly.

 

[Jhn]

Agree, with everyone, you could add the dechlorinator and see if this remedies the issue. If not then this is one of the few situations I would do a partial water change, to dilute the bleach that entered the pond as much as possible. You could check the temp of the pond water, and the temp of the source water, if not a huge difference would definitely do a water change, the fish can osmoregulate, while it maybe somewhat stressful, to me it is much less stressful than sitting in fouled water with high ammonia levels.

 

[addy1]

Welcome agree with all, add a dechlor asap

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome!

Can‘t think of anything to add.

 

[Davekoidad]

Thank you, all! Wish me luck...

 

[j.w]

@Davekoidad hope it works out well and let us know how it went.

 

[bagsmom]

Any updates?