Yesterday I had to drain my entire pond and pull out all of the fish.
Dad was walking by the pond with motor oil to take around back. While he was walking he tripped and the oil fell into the pond. About 2 quartsof it!
I rush out and scooped out all of the fish and put them in bucket of cleaner water. I drained the entire pond and removed the liner and hosed it down and scrubbed. I didn't want to take any chances of there being any oil left on it.
A couple of the fish had oil on them, so I rinsed them off with declorinated water for a couple of minutes straight. I then put those two in a small container and soaked them in stress coat to replace their slime coating. They are now doing just fine.
I refilled the pond with hose water and added the declorinator. Then I rinsed all the plants thoroughly and replaced them in the pond. I threw out my other pump, since it was right next to the oil spill and sucked a bit of it up!
Disaster averted successfully, I hope.
However, what should I do now that my pond was drained and scrubbed?
Anything I should look for with the oil fish?
And, was this the proper course of action for this disaster?
Dad was walking by the pond with motor oil to take around back. While he was walking he tripped and the oil fell into the pond. About 2 quartsof it!
I rush out and scooped out all of the fish and put them in bucket of cleaner water. I drained the entire pond and removed the liner and hosed it down and scrubbed. I didn't want to take any chances of there being any oil left on it.
A couple of the fish had oil on them, so I rinsed them off with declorinated water for a couple of minutes straight. I then put those two in a small container and soaked them in stress coat to replace their slime coating. They are now doing just fine.
I refilled the pond with hose water and added the declorinator. Then I rinsed all the plants thoroughly and replaced them in the pond. I threw out my other pump, since it was right next to the oil spill and sucked a bit of it up!
Disaster averted successfully, I hope.
However, what should I do now that my pond was drained and scrubbed?
Anything I should look for with the oil fish?
And, was this the proper course of action for this disaster?