Pond is low, how to fill

[GinoLicious]

Pond has a been a bit low. Mainly because of the heat I have been having and I never filled it fully.

I have decloroinator. But I want to know how to fill the pond. Can I just put a hose into it. Let it fill and pump a bit of decloroinator as it fills? I do have 3 shubunkins and 1 koi. This is why I ask. They are all relatively small. 4-6 inches.

 

[sissy]

I wouldn't with the heat you could harm your fish .Do you have a thermometer in your pond .I have well water .Do you know what is in your city water supply

 

[GinoLicious]

Yes I do have a thermometer. I live on farm country in a huge sub development. Not on well water. On municipal water. My pond has been roughly between 70-80F in this heat.

 

[sissy]

Do you have buckets to put the water in and wait an hour ior 2 and then add it as I have heard on here that city water is safer after a certain time .I am not sure and hope someone else who has city water chimes in to help you

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Yes I do have a thermometer. I live on farm country in a huge sub development. Not on well water. On municipal water. My pond has been roughly between 70-80F in this heat.

Your current pond temperature is not a problem. Add the Dechlor as you refill the pond.

 

[GinoLicious]

I do not have a bucket. Was going to buy one.

My issue is that do I put the decloroinator in the pond or so I put it in the bucket with the water. The bucket be much smaller so getting the proper decorinator may be difficult.

Correction. Water is 20 degrees Celsius which is just below 70F

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Your water is still relatively cool.
How big is your pond? How much water will you need to add? Is your Dechlor liquid or powder?
Really do not need a bucket.

 

[GinoLicious]

Decloroinator is a liquid on pump bottle. Believe it's aquascape. As to the size of the pond. I really don't know. Came with my house haha. It's about 8x8 or 10x10. And probably 3-4 feet deep to the very bottom and not the shallow ledges.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

How much water (in inches or mm) do you need to add? What is the recommended dosing on the bottle label?

 

[mrsclem]

When in doubt, best to use extra dechlorinator. Check the label but most are safe to over use. I use a powder, toss in pond and add hose. Make sure you keep an eye on it as you are refilling. many pond keepers have killed off fish by forgetting they had hose running

 

[GinoLicious]

I have about 2-3 inches to fill.

I can pump the decorinator in first and then drop the hose?

 

[Smaug]

To that last post,yes. That's how it's done.

 

[cas]

When I need to top my pond off about an inch I put the hose on trickle at the top of the water fall and fill the pond. I do not add any decholorinator because the amount of water I am adding is not much compared to the total volume of the pond.

 

[Smaug]

When I need to top my pond off about an inch I put the hose on trickle at the top of the water fall and fill the pond. I do not add any decholorinator because the amount of water I am adding is not much compared to the total volume of the pond.

That is not a risk worth taking.

 

[cas]

That is not a risk worth taking.

Slowly adding less than 5% of the total volume of water without dechlorinator has not caused any fish deaths in 12 years.